Do hyporesponsive genetic variants of the melanocortin 1 receptor contribute to the etiology of multiple sclerosis?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-52

  Friedman, A P ^a  

^a Floraglades Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIGAND; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CELL TYPE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAST CELL; MELANOGENESIS; MONOCYTE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN COLOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 1042289316     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00328-1     Document Type: Article

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