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1Department of Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, and Agricultural Technology and Innovation Research Institute, Kindai University, 3327-204, Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505, Japan.
Abstract:
Yu et al. (2021) demonstrate that a subset of X-linked immune genes is repressed on the inactive X chromosome (Xi) in a manner dependent on XIST RNA in B cells, and derepression of these genes upon XIST depletion could bias differentiation of naive B cells and be involved in etiology of female-biased autoimmune diseases.
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