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HLA-DQB1*0602 determines disease susceptibility in a new "humanized" multiple sclerosis model in HLA-DR15 (DRB1*1501;DQB1*0602) transgenic mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Sept 2009
Kaushansky Nathali, Altmann Daniel M, Ascough Stephanie, David Chella S, Lassmann Hans, Ben-Nun Avraham
Abstract excerpt
The susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic neurological autoimmune disease that primarily targets CNS myelin, has long been associated with HLA class-II genes. Although several other HLA and non-HLA disease predisposing alleles have been identified, alleles of the HLA-DR15 haplotype (DRB1*1501, DRB5*0101, and DQB1*0602) remain the strongest susceptibility factor. Many studies have suggested that the...
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