Epigenetic investigation of variably X chromosome inactivated genes in monozygotic female twins discordant for primary biliary cirrhosis

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Mitchell, Michelle M ^a   Lleo, Ana ^b,c,d   Zammataro, Luca ^c   Mayo, Marlyn J ^e   Invernizzi, Pietro ^b,c   Bach, Nancy ^f   Shimoda, Shinji ^g   Gordon, Stuart C ^h   Podda, Mauro ^c,d   Eric Gershwin, M ^b   Selmi, Carlo ^b,c   LaSalle, Janine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Mount Sinai University   (United States)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune cholangitis; DNA methylation; Gene promoter; Gene regulation; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CLIC2 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PIN4 GENE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 78651238248     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.1.13405     Document Type: Article

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