Sex-specific transcriptional profiles identified in β-thalassemia patients

Aikaterini Nanou; Chrisavgi Toumpeki; Pavlos Fanis; Nicoletta Bianchi; Lucia Carmela Cosenza; Cristina Zuccato; George Sentis; Giorgos Giagkas; Coralea Stephanou; Marios Phylactides; Soteroula Christou; Michalis Hadjigavriel; Maria Sitarou; Carsten W Lederer; Roberto Gambari; Marina Kleanthous; Eleni Katsantoni

doi:10.3324/haematol.2020.248013

Sex-specific transcriptional profiles identified in β-thalassemia patients

Haematologica. 2021 Apr 1;106(4):1207-1211. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2020.248013.

Authors

Aikaterini Nanou¹, Chrisavgi Toumpeki¹, Pavlos Fanis², Nicoletta Bianchi³, Lucia Carmela Cosenza³, Cristina Zuccato³, George Sentis¹, Giorgos Giagkas¹, Coralea Stephanou², Marios Phylactides², Soteroula Christou⁴, Michalis Hadjigavriel⁵, Maria Sitarou⁶, Carsten W Lederer², Roberto Gambari³, Marina Kleanthous², Eleni Katsantoni¹

Affiliations

¹ Basic Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² Molecular Genetics Thalassaemia Department, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia.
³ Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Ferrara University, Ferrara, Italy.
⁴ Thalassaemia Clinic, Archbishop Makarios III Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁵ Limassol General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Limassol, Cyprus.
⁶ Thalassemia Clinic Larnaca, Larnaca General Hospital, Larnaca, Cyprus.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
beta-Thalassemia* / diagnosis
beta-Thalassemia* / genetics

Grants and funding

Funding: this work was supported by the European Union’s FP7 THALAMOSS (Project no. 306201 to E.K., R.G., M.K.), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 813091 (E.K.) and by the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation under grants agreements YΓΕΙΑ/ΒΙΟΣ0609 (ΒΕ)/01 (EK, M.K.) and ΥΓΕΙΑ/ΒΙΟΣ/0311(ΒΕ)/20 (M.K.).