Autoimmune Disease
Research conducted at University of Milan has updated our knowledge about autoimmune disease
Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, September 2nd, 2007
Data detailed in "Preferential X chromosome loss but random inactivation characterize primary biliary cirrhosis" have been presented. "Recent work has demonstrated enhanced X monosomy in women with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) as well as two other female-predominant autoimmune diseases, systemic sclerosis and autoimmune thyroid disease. To further our understanding of these events, we have investigated the mechanisms of X chromosome loss and X chromosome inactivation (XCI) in 166 women with PBC and 226 rigorously age-matched healthy and liver disease controls," investigators in Milan, Italy report.
"X chromosome analysis and determination of loss pattern was...
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