Inhibitors in the NFκB cascade comprise prime candidate genes predisposing to multiple sclerosis, especially in selected combinations

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-219

  Miterski, B ^a   Bohringer S ^a   Klein, W ^a   Sindern, E ^b   Haupts, M ^c   Schimrigk, S ^d   Epplen, Joerg T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Complex genetics; Multiple sclerosis; NF B

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; I KAPPA B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NFKBIL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTO ONCOGENE PROTEIN BCL 3; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN BCL-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NF-KAPPA B; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036615454     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363846     Document Type: Article

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