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Revisiting the T-cell receptor alpha/delta locus and possible associations with multiple sclerosis
A role for T cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is well supported, evidenced by myriad immunological studies, as well as the unequivocal genetic influence of the major histocompatibility comp...
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Regulation of major histocompatibility complex class II gene expression, genetic variation and disease
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules are central to adaptive immune responses and maintenance of self-tolerance. Since the early 1970s, the MHC class II region at chromosome 6p21 has been ...
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Analysis of 45 candidate genes for disease modifying activity in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory disease of the central nervous system unsurpassed for its variability in disease outcome. As little is conclusively known about MS disease mechanisms, we have s...
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EVI5 is a risk gene for multiple sclerosis
HLA-DRB1 is the major locus associated with risk for multiple sclerosis (MS). A recent genome-wide study showed three additional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), within the IL2RA and IL7RA genes respect...
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Molecular mechanisms of migraine?
Migraine is a common debilitating neurological disease characterised by attacks of severe headache with or without preceding aura. Its aetiology remains elusive; however it is clear that an interplay of geneti...
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The role of hereditary spastic paraplegia related genes in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory disease of the central nervous system unsurpassed for its variability in disease outcome. It has been observed that axonal loss in MS is significant and that ir...
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Follow-up investigation of 12 proposed linkage regions in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease with overwhelming evidence for genetic determination, and for which a maternal parent-of-origin effect has been reported. As with many complex diseases, multipl...