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ARTHRITIS RESEARCH
卷 2, 期 5, 页码 399-406出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/ar118
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autoimmunity; gender; immune tolerance; X chromosome
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We propose that the phenomenon of X-chromosome inactivation in females may constitute a risk factor for loss of T-cell tolerance; specifically, skewed X-chromosome inactivation in the thymus may lead to inadequate thymic deletion. Using a DNA methylation assay, we have examined the X-chromosome inactivation patterns in peripheral blood from normal females (n = 30), and female patients with a variety of autoimmune diseases (n = 167). No differences between patients and controls were observed. However, locally skewed X-chromsome inactivation may exist in the thymus, and therefore the underlying hypothesis remains to be disproved.
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