Environment-gene interaction in multiple sclerosis: Human herpesvirus 6 and MHC2TA

Human Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 685-689

  Martínez, Alfonso ^a   Álvarez Lafuente, Roberto ^a   Mas, Ana ^a   Bartolomé, Manuel ^a   García Montojo, Marta ^a   de las Heras, Virginia ^a   de la Concha, Emilio G ^a   Arroyo, Rafael ^a   Urcelay, Elena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus; Immunoevasion; MHC; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CIITA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MHC2TA GENE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 34547236023     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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