Immune system genes in multiple sclerosis: Genetic association and linkage analyses on TCR β, IGH, IFN-γ and IL-1ra/IL-1β loci

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Wansen, Kajsa ^a   Pastinen, Tomi ^b   Kuokkanen, Satu ^b   Wikström, Juhani ^a   Palo, Jorma ^a   Peltonen, Leena ^b   Tienari, Pentti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chain; Immunoglobulin heavy chain; Interferon ; Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist; Interleukin 1 ; Multiple sclerosis; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1;

EID: 0030687507     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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