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Histamine-N-methyl transferase polymorphism and risk for multiple sclerosis.
European journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2010
García-Martín E, Martínez C, Benito-León J, Calleja P, Díaz-Sánchez M, Pisa D, Alonso-Navarro H, Ayuso-Peralta L, Torrecilla D, Agúndez J A G, Jiménez-Jiménez F J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) is the main metabolizing enzyme of histamine (a mediator of inflammation implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis-MS) in the CNS. We have investigated the possible association between a single nucleotide polymorphism of the HNMT (chromosome 2q22.1), that causes the amino acid substitution Thr105Ile (decreasing enzyme activity) and the risk for MS....
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