Article
Analysis of interleukin-4 receptor alpha chain variants in multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 15 Feb 2001
Hackstein H, Bitsch A, Bohnert A, Hofmann H, Weber F, Ohly A, Linington C, Mäurer M, Poser S, Rieckmann P, Bein G
Abstract excerpt
A recent candidate gene study employing microsatellite markers suggested a possible linkage of multiple sclerosis (MS) with the interleukin-4 receptor (IL4R) gene. Consequently, we investigated the association of different IL4R variants with MS in 341 German MS patients and 305 healthy controls. Analysis of the first 100 MS patients for six IL4R variants showed an increased frequency of the R551 variant in MS...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
