Haplotype 4 of the multiple sclerosis-associated interleukin-7 receptor alpha gene influences the frequency of recent thymic emigrants

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Broux, B ^a   Hellings, N ^a   Venken, K ^b   Rummens, J L ^c   Hensen, K ^c   Van Wijmeersch, B ^a,d   Stinissen, P ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Mariaziekenhuis Noord Limburg and Revalidatie and MS Centrum   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interleukin 7 receptor; Multiple sclerosis; Polymorphism; Recent thymic emigrants

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 77953123877     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2009.106     Document Type: Article

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