The X chromosome and sex-specific effects in infectious disease susceptibility

H Schurz, M Salie, G Tromp, EG Hoal, CJ Kinnear… - Human genomics, 2019 - Springer
The X chromosome and X-linked variants have largely been ignored in genome-wide and
candidate association studies of infectious diseases due to the complexity of statistical …

[HTML][HTML] Chromosomal and environmental contributions to sex differences in the vulnerability to neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders: Implications for …

PN Pallier, M Ferrara, F Romagnolo, MT Ferretti… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders affect men and women differently. Multiple
sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorders, depression, meningiomas and late-onset …

Chromosome compartments on the inactive X guide TAD formation independently of transcription during X-reactivation

M Bauer, E Vidal, E Zorita, N Üresin, SF Pinter… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A hallmark of chromosome organization is the partition into transcriptionally active A and
repressed B compartments, and into topologically associating domains (TADs). Both …

[HTML][HTML] Long non-coding RNA XIST contributes to osteoarthritis progression via miR-149-5p/DNMT3A axis

Y Liu, K Liu, C Tang, Z Shi, K **g, J Zheng - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are largely involved in the development of osteoarthritis
(OA), a chronic and degenerative joint disease. The objective of this paper is to research the …

X-chromosome inactivation: implications in human disease

G Pereira, S Dória - Journal of Genetics, 2021 - Springer
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is a process involved in the pathogenesis of several
diseases. In this mini review, we discuss the known mechanisms associated with XCI, when …

Horse clinical cytogenetics: recurrent themes and novel findings

M Bugno-Poniewierska, T Raudsepp - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Horse chromosomes have been studied for veterinary diagnostic purposes
for over half a century. The findings show that changes in the chromosome number or …

Dynamic reversal of random X-Chromosome inactivation during iPSC reprogramming

A Janiszewski, I Talon, J Chappell… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
Induction and reversal of chromatin silencing is critical for successful development, tissue
homeostasis, and the derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). X-Chromosome …

How does reprogramming to pluripotency affect genomic imprinting?

V Perrera, G Martello - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs) have the capacity to generate a wide range
of somatic cells, thus representing an ideal tool for regenerative medicine. Patient-derived …