ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2022
A lifelong duty: how Xist maintains the inactive X chromosome.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Forensic evaluation of the reliability and validity of XIST and RPS4Y1 RNA biomarkers as sex discriminators for touch samples.Molecular biology reports · 2026Article
- Transcription and potential functions of a novelGenome research · 2026Article
- Xist in X chromosome inactivation: mechanisms and disease relevance.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Review
- Impact of somatic XIST deletions on ongoing XIST expression and inactive X silencing and heterochromatin.Human molecular genetics · 2025Article
- The evolutionary foundations of transcriptional regulation in animals.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2025Review
- XIST Loss Induces Variable Transcriptional Responses Dependent on Cell States.Non-coding RNA · 2025Article
- Hbo1 and Msl complexes preserve differential compaction and H3K27me3 marking of active and inactive X chromosomes during mitosis.Nature cell biology · 2025Article
- The epigenetic circle: feedback loops in the maintenance of cellular memory.Epigenetics & chromatin · 2025Review
- Understanding Sex Differences in Autoimmune Diseases: Immunologic Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Xist condensates: perspectives for therapeutic intervention.Genome biology · 2025Review
- Single-cell tumor microenvironment profiling informs a circulating proteome test for the interception of malignant transformation in NF1 nerve sheath tumors.Research square · 2025Article
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- Role of the SAF-A/HNRNPU SAP domain in X chromosome inactivation, nuclear dynamics, transcription, splicing, and cell proliferation.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
- The role of lncRNAs in AKI and CKD: Molecular mechanisms, biomarkers, and potential therapeutic targets.Genes & diseases · 2025Review
- Human XIST: Origin and Divergence of aNon-coding RNA · 2025Review
- Role of Long Non-Coding RNA X-Inactive-Specific Transcript (Non-coding RNA · 2025Article
- B cell stimulation changes the structure and higher-order organization of the inactive X chromosome.Cell reports · 2025Article
- CTCF-mediated insulation and chromatin environment modulate Car5b escape from X inactivation.BMC biology · 2025Article
- N-terminus ofeLife · 2024Article
- Multifaceted role of CTCF in X-chromosome inactivation.Chromosoma · 2024Review
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Abstract
Female eutherians transcriptionally silence one X chromosome to balance gene dosage between the sexes. X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is initiated by the lncRNA Xist, which assembles many proteins within the inactive X chromosome (Xi) to trigger gene silencing and heterochromatin formation. It is well established that gene silencing on the Xi is maintained through repressive epigenetic processes, including histone deacetylation and DNA methylation. Recent studies revealed a new mechanism where RNA-binding proteins that interact directly with the RNA contribute to the maintenance of Xist localization and gene silencing. In addition, a surprising plasticity of the Xi was uncovered with many genes becoming upregulated upon experimental deletion of Xist. Intriguingly, immune cells normally lose Xist from the Xi, suggesting that thisXist dependence is utilized in vivo to dynamically regulate gene expression from the Xi. These new studies expose fundamental regulatory mechanisms for the chromatin association of RNAs, highlight the need for studying the maintenance of XCI and Xist localization in a gene- and cell-type-specific manner, and are likely to have clinical impact.
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