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Exploring sex differences in blood-based biomarkers following exhaustive exercise using bioinformatics analysis

Julia C. Blumkaitis
1
,
Natalia Nunes
2, 3
,
Tilmann Strepp
1
,
Aleksandar Tomaskovic
4
,
Mario Wenger
3
,
Hannah Widauer
3
,
Lorenz Aglas
3
,
Perikles Simon
4
,
Thomas Leonhard Stöggl
1, 5
,
Nils Haller
1, 4

1.
Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
2.
Genetics Division, Department of Morphology and Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
3.
Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
4.
Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Disease Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
5.
Red Bull Athlete Performance Center, Salzburg, Austria
Biol Sport. 2024; 41(3): 105–118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.132998
Online publish date: 2024/01/02
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