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Multiple sclerosis associated amino acids of polymorphic regions relevant for the HLA antigen binding are confined to HLA-DR2.
Human immunology - 1 Oct 2000
Zipp F, Windemuth C, Pankow H, Dichgans J, Wienker T, Martin R, Müller C
Abstract excerpt
Among the candidate genes for multiple sclerosis (MS), the strongest influence is conferred by human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes, in particular the DR2, DQ6, Dw2 haplotype (DRB1*1501, DQA1*0102, DQB1*0602). Similar to other autoimmune diseases, it is not clear yet how the presence of a specific HLA-DR or -DQ molecule translates into an increased disease susceptibility. Previous observations by us and...
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