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OAS1 gene haplotype confers susceptibility to multiple sclerosis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Nov 2006
Fedetz M, Matesanz F, Caro-Maldonado A, Fernandez O, Tamayo J A, Guerrero M, Delgado C, López-Guerrero J A, Alcina A
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with genetic susceptibility and unknown environmental triggers, possible viral infections, but the specific etiological mechanism that subsequently develops into an inflammatory/autoimmune cascade of events is poorly understood. Recently, genetic variants of 2',5'- oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS1) gene, a critical enzyme involved in innate antivirus response, have been...
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