Evolutionary and biomedical implications of sex differences in the primate brain transcriptome.
Cell Genom
; 4(7): 100589, 2024 Jul 10.
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| ID: mdl-38942023
ABSTRACT
Humans exhibit sex differences in the prevalence of many neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we generated one of the largest multi-brain-region bulk transcriptional datasets for the rhesus macaque and characterized sex-biased gene expression patterns to investigate the translatability of this species for sex-biased neurological conditions. We identify patterns similar to those in humans, which are associated with overlapping regulatory mechanisms, biological processes, and genes implicated in sex-biased human disorders, including autism. We also show that sex-biased genes exhibit greater genetic variance for expression and more tissue-specific expression patterns, which may facilitate rapid evolution of sex-biased genes. Our findings provide insights into the biological mechanisms underlying sex-biased disease and support the rhesus macaque model for the translational study of these conditions.
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Caracteres Sexuais
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Transcriptoma
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Macaca mulatta
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Cell Genom
Ano de publicação:
2024
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