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Polymorphisms in the genes encoding interferon-gamma and interferon-gamma receptors in multiple sclerosis.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2004
Schrijver H M, Hooper-van Veen T, van Belzen M J, Crusius J B A, Peña A S, Barkhof F, Polman C H, Uitdehaag B M J
Abstract excerpt
Genome screens suggest that several genes, each contributing to a small extent, are involved in multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility. Simultaneous analysis of related genes may improve the power to detect such small effects. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), mediating its effects through the IFN-gamma receptor, is a pleiotropic, pro-inflammatory cytokine for which a detrimental effect on the course of MS has been...
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