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However, on the gene-poor, female-specific W chromosome, the ASW (avian sex-specific W-linked) gene was identified [ 33, 34], encoding a predicted Asw protein with striking similarity to Hint with the specific exception of residues involved in AMP recognition.
Women are more susceptible to hypokalemia, especially that due to diuretics [ 23 24 ] or SAH [ 3 ] . Considering that hypokalemia causes a prolongation in the QTc interval [ 4 7 8 9 25 ] , the sex-specific difference in ventricular repolarization described above might result from the sex-related difference in serum potassium levels.
In general, sex-specific differences in human glaucoma may be difficult to identify or interpret because of genetic differences and uncontrolled environmental factors between patients that may alter the phenotype.
One mechanism that may account for this sex-specific difference in serum potassium levels is a sex-specific difference in the activity of the Na +/K +-ATPase (Na +/K +pump), as reported by Lasker and coworkers [ 26 ] . Those investigators found that Na +/K +-ATPase activity in red blood cells was higher in females than in males, thus leading to a sex-specific difference in the Na +/K +balance in both the intracellular and extracellular spaces.
This is in agreement with a number of human studies, which show that IOP is equal between the sexes [ 52 53 ] . However, some studies have found sex-specific differences (typically with higher IOP in females and the magnitude of the difference increasing after 40 years of age) [ 53 54 ] . Of possible relevance, we previously reported that female mice of strains DBA/2J and AKXD-28/Ty develop elevated IOP at an earlier age than males [ 14 19 ] .
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