Brain endothelial cells are unique among endothelial cells in that they express apical
junctional complexes, including tight junctions, which quite resemble epithelial tight …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is probably aetiologically heterogeneous. Systematic genetic
epidemiological and molecular genetic studies have provided important insights. Both …

Behçet's disease (BD) is characterised by recurrent episodes of orogenital aphthae,
systemic vasculitis, and systemic and retinal venous thrombosis. An association between …

An association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)
complex, a dense cluster of genes on the short arm of chromosome 6, was first noted over …

Background and Objectives: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
are common and often overlapping diseases that generally occur in elderly patients. In this …

Many members of the Ig superfamily of adhesion molecules, such as ICAM-1 and VCAM-1,
have been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. Although it is well …

Abstract Analysis of changes in recipient and donor hemopoietic cell origin is extremely
useful to monitor the effect of stem cell transplantation (SCT) and sequential adoptive …

Abstract Intercellular adhesion molecule‐1 (ICAM‐1) gene polymorphisms have been
implicated in the susceptibility to inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis and …

Epidemiological studies have implicated an interplay between genetic and environmental
factors in the aetiology of multiple sclerosis (MS). There is a familial recurrence rate of …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system
(CNS). Significant progress has been made in our understanding of the etiology of MS. MS …