The role of the X chromosome in immunity and autoimmunity

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Hernández Molina, Gabriela ^a   Svyryd, Yevgeniya ^a   Sánchez Guerrero, Jorge ^a   Mutchinick, Osvaldo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders; Immunity; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA M; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; IPEX SYNDROME; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MONOSOMY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 33847060764     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2006.08.004     Document Type: Review

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