Multiple sclerosis: genomic rewards

JR Oksenberg, SE Baranzini, LF Barcellos… - Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
A large body of immunologic, epidemiologic, and genetic data indicate that tissue inury in
multiple sclerosis (MS) results from an abnormal immune response to one or more myelin …

The genetic epidemiology of multiple sclerosis

SJ Kenealy, MA Pericak-Vance, JL Haines - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2003 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating immunological and neurodegenerative disorder.
Epidemiological studies have provided overwhelming evidence of complex genetic …

The genetics of clinical outcome in multiple sclerosis

SV Ramagopalan, GC DeLuca, A Degenhardt… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory disease of the central nervous system
(CNS), the clinical course of which varies considerably between patients. Genetic complexity …

[PDF][PDF] The complex genetic aetiology of multiple sclerosis

JR Oksenberg, LF Barcellos - Journal of neurovirology, 2000 - Citeseer
A large body of immunologic, epidemiologic, and genetic data indicate that tissue injury in
multiple sclerosis (MS) results from an abnormal immune response to one or more myelin …

Genetics and natural history of multiple sclerosis

OH Kantarci - Seminars in neurology, 2008 - thieme-connect.com
Recent studies have better defined the association between the human leukocyte antigen
(HLA)-DR, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4, interleukin-7 receptor, and interferon-gamma …

The genetics of multiple sclerosis. A review

B Kalman, FD Lublin - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 1999 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by chronic inflammation and demyelination in the
central nervous system (CNS). Although the etiology of MS is unknown, both genetic and …

Genetics of demyelinating diseases

JR Oksenberg, E Seboun, SL Hauser - Brain pathology, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS), the prototypic demyelinating disease in humans, is the most
common cause of acquired neurological dysfunction arising between early to mid adulthood …

Genetic analysis of multiple sclerosis

A Compston, S Sawcer - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2002 - Springer
The increased recurrence risk within families indicates a role for genetic factors in the
etiology of multiple sclerosis. Genes may influence susceptibility to the development of …

Multiple sclerosis: an autoimmune disease of multifactorial etiology

CCA Bernard, NK de Rosbo - Current opinion in immunology, 1992 - Elsevier
The etiology of multiple sclerosis is linked to a variety of genetic and environmental factors.
Both cell-mediated and humoral immune responses, triggered by extraneous or …

Multiple sclerosis genetics

JP McElroy, JR Oksenberg - Advances in multiple Sclerosis and …, 2008 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) clusters with the so-called complex genetic diseases, a group of
common disorders characterized by modest disease risk heritability and multifaceted gene …