UCLA: X Chromosome Gene May Explain Why Women Are More Prone to Autoimmune Diseases
August 20, 2019
August 20, 2019
LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 20 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of California's Los Angeles Campus (UCLA) issued the following news release:
FINDINGS
A UCLA study revealed that a gene on the X chromosome may help explain why more women than men develop multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. Researchers found that a gene known as Kdm6a was expressed more in women's immune cells than in men's, and expressed more in female mice than in males.
FINDINGS
A UCLA study revealed that a gene on the X chromosome may help explain why more women than men develop multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. Researchers found that a gene known as Kdm6a was expressed more in women's immune cells than in men's, and expressed more in female mice than in males.