Autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are more common in women than men, and scientists are still trying to figure out why. One reason may be related to the number of X ...

X-chromosome inactivation varies across different areas of brains. Here, fluorescent imaging data from a mouse reveal where the father’s X chromosome is most active (white) and least active (blue). A ...

Somewhere between 24 and 50 million Americans have an autoimmune disease, a condition in which the immune system attacks our own tissues. As many as 4 out of 5 of those people are women. Rheumatoid ...

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune and neurological disorder that is three times more common in women... | Genetics And ...

The silencing of the one X chromosome in XX cells is mediated by XIST, a long noncoding RNA that is randomly transcribed from only one X early in development. It coats the DNA and shuts down gene ...

Females carry two X chromosomes, after inheriting one from each parent. In order to stop serious problems from arising, cells of the body silence one of those X chromosomes in a process known as X ...

Shaped by thousands of years of evolution, the body’s immune system is a vigilant guardian primed against external infectious threats. Too much vigilance, however, and this guardian of potent cells ...

Eighty percent of patients with autoimmune diseases are female. These diseases are one of the top 10 leading causes of death for women under 65, and cases are increasing annually worldwide. There is ...

New research shows that the male X chromosome is silenced in some types of cancer. Researchers evaluated how a certain gene affects the male X chromosome in cancer cells. Experts explain why these new ...