Endogenous retroviral genes, Herpesviruses and gender in Multiple Sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Perron, Hervé ^a   Bernard, Corinne ^a   Bertrand, Jean Baptiste ^a   Lang, Alois B ^a   Popa, Iuliana ^b   Sanhadji, Kamel ^b   Portoukalian, Jacques ^b  

^a GENEURO SA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome X; EBV; Envelope protein; Herpesvirus; HERV W; HHV6; HSV1; Human endogenous retrovirus; Immunopathology; Immunotherapy; MSRV; Multiple Sclerosis; Syncytin; TLR4; VZV

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; RNA; SYNCYTIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRAL FAMILY W; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATED RETROVIRAL ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEX FACTORS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 70349976491     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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