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Genetic association analysis of the interleukin 7 gene (IL7) in multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Dec 2007
Lundmark Frida, Duvefelt Kristina, Hillert Jan
Abstract excerpt
IL7 is a nonredundant cytokine, essential for T cell survival and development in humans. We genotyped nine tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), representing all parts of the IL7 gene, in 1,210 Swedish multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 1,234 healthy controls. None of the SNPs showed a significantly different distribution in MS, and haplotype analysis also failed to reveal differences between patients...
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