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Haematopoietic stem cell-derived immune cells have reduced X chromosome inactivation skewing in systemic lupus erythematosus
27 Jun 2024
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OBJECTIVES: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) shows a marked female bias in prevalence. X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the mechanism which randomly silences one X chromosome to equalise gene expression between 46, XX females and 46, XY males. Though XCI is expected to result in a random pattern of mosaicism across tissues, some females display a significantly skewed ratio in immune cells, termed XCI-skew. We...
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