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The dynamic epigenetic regulation of the inactive X chromosome in healthy human B cells is dysregulated in lupus patients.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jun 2021
Pyfrom Sarah, Paneru Bam, Knox James J, Cancro Michael P, Posso Sylvia, Buckner Jane H, Anguera Montserrat C
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a female-predominant disease characterized by autoimmune B cells and pathogenic autoantibody production. Individuals with two or more X chromosomes are at increased risk for SLE, suggesting that X-linked genes contribute to the observed sex bias of this disease. To normalize X-linked gene expression between sexes, one X in female cells is randomly selected for transcriptional...
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