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However, in rare cases, a carrier may exhibit symptoms of moderate to severe HA primarily due to skewed inactivation of her non-hemophilic X chromosome. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) patterns in HA carriers, with special emphasis on three karyotypically normal HA carriers presenting with moderate to severe HA phenotype due to skewed XCI, in an attempt to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying skewed XCI in these symptomatic HA carriers. The study was based on the hypothesis that the presence of a pathogenic mutation on the non-hemophilic X chromosome is the cause of extreme inactivation of that X chromosome. Methods: XCI patterns were studied by PCR analysis of the CAG repeat region in the HUMARA gene. HA carriers that demonstrated skewed XCI were further studied by whole-exome sequencing (WES) followed by X chromosome-targeted bioinformatic analysis. Results: All three HA carriers presenting with the moderate to severe HA phenotype due to skewed XCI were found to carry pathogenic mutations on their non-hemophilic X chromosomes. Patient 1 was diagnosed with a frameshift mutation in the PGK1 gene that was associated with familial XCI skewing in three generations. Patient 2 was diagnosed with a missense mutation in the SYTL4 gene that was associated with familial XCI skewing in two generations. Patient 3 was diagnosed with a nonsense mutation in the NKAP gene that was associated with familial XCI skewing in two generations. Conclusion: Our results indicate that the main reason for skewed XCI in our female HA patients was negative selection against cells with a disadvantage caused by an additional deleterious mutation on the silenced X chromosome, thus complicating the phenotype of a monogenic X-linked disease. Based on our study, we are currently offering the X inactivation test to symptomatic hemophilia carriers and plan to expand this approach to symptomatic carriers of other X-linked diseases, which can be further used in pregnancy planning.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms22169074","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,23]],"date-time":"2021-08-23T10:24:17Z","timestamp":1629714257000},"page":"9074","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Molecular Mechanisms of Skewed X-Chromosome Inactivation in Female Hemophilia Patients\u2014Lessons from Wide Genome Analyses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Rima","family":"Dardik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Einat","family":"Avishai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shadan","family":"Lalezari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Assaf A.","family":"Barg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3971-0336","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarina","family":"Levy-Mendelovich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Sheba Medical Center, The Sheba Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6652-2667","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ivan","family":"Budnik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119019 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ortal","family":"Barel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Center for Cancer Research, Sheba Medical Center, Genomics Unit, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yulia","family":"Khavkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Center for Cancer Research, Sheba Medical Center, Genomics Unit, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gili","family":"Kenet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1279-2557","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tami","family":"Livnat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 52621, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1481","DOI":"10.1093\/hmg\/3.suppl_1.1481","article-title":"Role play in X-inactivation","volume":"3","author":"Heard","year":"1994","journal-title":"Hum. 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