Genes that Escape Silencing on the Second X Chromosome May Drive Disease

When X-linked genes evade silencing on the “inactive” chromosome in XX cells, some protect women from diseases such as cancer, but others seem to promote conditions such as autoimmunity.

Genes that Escape Silencing on the Second X Chromosome May Drive Disease

Frontiers Escape From X-Chromosome Inactivation: An Evolutionary Perspective

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Escape from X chromosome inactivation and female bias of autoimmune diseases, Molecular Medicine

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X-linked immunity-related genes and mechanisms that may result in

X Chromosome Inactivation • iBiology

Frontiers Chromosome X-wide Analysis of Positive Selection in Human Populations: Common and Private Signals of Selection and its Impact on Inactivated Genes and Enhancers

Somatic XIST activation and features of X chromosome inactivation in male human cancers - ScienceDirect

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