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Lack of association between an exon 1 CTLA-4 gene polymorphism A(49)G and multiple sclerosis in a Polish population of the Lower Silesia region.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Jan 2003
Boćko Dorota, Bilińska Małgorzata, Dobosz Tadeusz, Zołedziewska Magdalena, Suwalska Katarzyna, Tutak Anna, Gruszka Ewa, Frydecka Irena
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system is believed to have a T cell-mediated autoimmune etiology. The cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene is a strong candidate for the involvement in autoimmune diseases because CTLA-4 plays an important role in the downregulation of the early and late stages of T cell activation and the maintenance of...
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