pDCs, type 1 IFN, and the female predileXion of SSc.

J Exp Med

Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Published: March 2025

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a debilitating autoimmune disease that preferentially afflicts women. The molecular origins of this female bias are unclear. A new study of plasmacytoid dendritic cells from SSc patients by Du et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20231809) suggests the X chromosome may play a key role.

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