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Last, we focused on the unusual disease mechanism of XLSA in
females, which is caused by the acquired skewing of X-chromosome
inactivation in hematopoietic stem cells. We speculated that the restoration of the expression of WT ALAS2 in a considerable number
of affected erythroblasts could ameliorate disease phenotypes in
female patients with XLSA. This study provides the first proof of concept that the silent WT ALAS2 allele in female subjects could be
partially reactivated by the DNA demethylating agent AZA, which
serves as a potential novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of
refractory anemia in female patients with XLSA (Figure 7). Although
the demethylating effect of AZA is global and off-target side effects
may occur in both hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic tissues,
AZA is currently being used in clinical practice to treat hematological malignancies and has shown acceptable adverse effects. However, the efficacy of AZA in our XLSA model is limited, and further
studies using DNA demethylating agents are needed for future
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