# Biological sex and transfusion practices in the NICU

**Authors:** Krithika Lingappan

PMC · DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04328-y · 2025-08-05

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** IL6 (interleukin 6) [NCBI Gene 3569] {aka BSF-2, BSF2, CDF, HGF, HSF, IFN-beta-2}, EPO (erythropoietin) [NCBI Gene 2056] {aka DBAL, ECYT5, EP, MVCD2}, CCL2 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 2) [NCBI Gene 6347] {aka GDCF-2, HC11, HSMCR30, MCAF, MCP-1, MCP1}
- **Diseases:** brain abnormality (MESH:D001927), brain injury (MESH:D001930), anemia (MESH:D000740), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (MESH:D001997), adverse neurodevelopment (MESH:D064420), perforation (MESH:D057112), necrotizing enterocolitis (MESH:D020345), sepsis (MESH:D018805), BSID-III (MESH:D002658), chorioamnionitis (MESH:D002821), inflammation (MESH:D007249), intraventricular hemorrhage (MESH:D000074042)
- **Chemicals:** pRBC (-)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12811126