Skewing of female X-chromosome inactivation: An epigenetic risk factor for kidney transplantation outcome

Transplantation

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Simmonds, Matthew J ^a   Benavente, David ^b   Brand, Oliver J ^a   Moore, Jason ^b,c   Ball, Simon ^b,d   Ferro, Charles J ^b,d   Briggs, David ^e   Gough, Stephen C L ^a,f   Borrows, Richard J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^f NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

ADULT; CADAVER KIDNEY; CAG REPEAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84877307941     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318282256f     Document Type: Letter

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