X Chromosome Inactivation
"X Chromosome Inactivation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dosage compensation process occurring at an early embryonic stage in mammalian development whereby, at random, one X CHROMOSOME of the pair is repressed in the somatic cells of females.
| Descriptor ID |
D049951
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.308.203.249.970
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| Concept/Terms |
X Chromosome Inactivation- X Chromosome Inactivation
- Chromosome Inactivation, X
- Inactivation, X Chromosome
- Lyonization
- X-Inactivation
- X Inactivation
- Inactivation, X
- X Inactivations
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "X Chromosome Inactivation" by people in Profiles.
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Sierra I, Toothacre NE, van der Weide RH, Lovell CD, Nguyen SC, Barnett RJ, Cook AL, Ryu HS, Pyfrom S, Wang H, Beiting D, Philips-Cremins JE, Joyce EF, Anguera MC. B cell stimulation changes the structure and higher-order organization of the inactive X chromosome. Cell Rep. 2025 Mar 25; 44(3):115351.
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Sierra I, Pyfrom S, Weiner A, Zhao G, Driscoll A, Yu X, Gregory BD, Vaughan AE, Anguera MC. Unusual X chromosome inactivation maintenance in female alveolar type 2 cells is correlated with increased numbers of X-linked escape genes and sex-biased gene expression. Stem Cell Reports. 2023 02 14; 18(2):489-502.
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Pyfrom S, Paneru B, Knox JJ, Cancro MP, Posso S, Buckner JH, Anguera MC. The dynamic epigenetic regulation of the inactive X chromosome in healthy human B cells is dysregulated in lupus patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 06 15; 118(24).
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Hijazi H, Coelho FS, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Bernardini L, Mar SS, Manning MA, Hanson-Kahn A, Naidu S, Srivastava S, Lee JA, Jones JR, Friez MJ, Alberico T, Torres B, Fang P, Cheung SW, Song X, Davis-Williams A, Jornlin C, Wight PA, Patyal P, Taube J, Poretti A, Inoue K, Zhang F, Pehlivan D, Carvalho CMB, Hobson GM, Lupski JR. Xq22 deletions and correlation with distinct neurological disease traits in females: Further evidence for a contiguous gene syndrome. Hum Mutat. 2020 01; 41(1):150-168.
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Lumaka A, Race V, Peeters H, Corveleyn A, Coban-Akdemir Z, Jhangiani SN, Song X, Mubungu G, Posey J, Lupski JR, Vermeesch JR, Lukusa P, Devriendt K. A comprehensive clinical and genetic study in 127 patients with ID in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 09; 176(9):1897-1909.
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Hobson GM, Gibson CW, Aragon M, Yuan ZA, Davis-Williams A, Banser L, Kirkham J, Brook AH. A large X-chromosomal deletion is associated with microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) and amelogenesis imperfecta (XAI). Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Aug; 149A(8):1698-705.
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Clements SE, Mellerio JE, Holden ST, McCauley J, McGrath JA. PORCN gene mutations and the protean nature of focal dermal hypoplasia. Br J Dermatol. 2009 May; 160(5):1103-9.