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Genetics of autoimmune neuroinflammation.
Current opinion in immunology - 1 Dec 2006
Olsson Tomas, Jagodic Maja, Piehl Fredrik, Wallström Erik
Abstract excerpt
Detection of gene variants affecting the risk for multiple sclerosis provides insights into mechanisms central for autoaggressive neuroinflammation. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes, and probably also MHC class I genes, regulate both human multiple sclerosis and rodent experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. However, the functional understanding of the MHC regulation requires further...
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