The concept of 'lifestyle 'includes different factors such as nutrition, behavior, stress, physical
activity, working habits, smoking and alcohol consumption. Increasing evidence shows that …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common, complex neurological disease. The precise aetiology of
MS is not yet known, although epidemiological data indicate that both genetic and …

The ability of environmental factors to promote a phenotype or disease state not only in the
individual exposed but also in subsequent progeny for successive generations is termed …

Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation and modifications to histone proteins
regulate high-order DNA structure and gene expression. Aberrant epigenetic mechanisms …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common, complex neurological disease. Epidemiological data
implicate both genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of MS, with various factors …

Epigenetics is rising to prominence in biology as a mechanism by which environmental
factors have intermediate-term effects on gene expression without changing the underlying …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common disease of the central nervous system that
causes permanent disability in young adults. 1 Based on strong circumstantial evidence, MS …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common acquired inflammatory demyelinating disorder of
the central nervous system (CNS). Not unlike many inflammatory diseases with a presumed …

The role of hypovitaminosis D as a possible risk factor for multiple sclerosis is reviewed.
First, it is emphasized that hypovitaminosis D could be only one of the risk factors for multiple …

The etiology of autoimmune diseases remains largely unknown. Concordance rates in
monozygotic twins are lower than 50% while genome-wide association studies propose …