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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Immunol. 2008 Sep 6;129(2):372–380. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2008.07.022

Table 1. X chromosome inactivation is skewed and mirrors the flavocytochrome b558 expression levels the patient and her mother.

The HUMARA gene was used to determine X chromosome inactivation described in the Methods. Results are shown on the left. %XA/B represents the overall methylation of chromosome A or B for the indicated cell type (results shown from one blood draw). The percent of total neutrophils that express (%Pos) or do not express (%Neg) flavocytochrome b558 based on flow cytometric analysis are shown on the right (n≥3).

Methylated DNA
Flavocytochrome b558 Expression
Whole Blood Neutrophils

% XA % XB % XA % XB % Neg % Pos
Control 59.7 40.3 64.0 36.0 0.0 100.0
Mother 55.1 44.9 61.5 39.5 39.1 61.9
Patient 95.7 4.3 96.4 3.6 92.9 7.1