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Polymorphisms in the IL2, IL2RA and IL2RB genes in multiple sclerosis risk.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jul 2010
Cavanillas María L, Alcina Antonio, Núñez Concepción, de las Heras Virginia, Fernández-Arquero Miguel, Bartolomé Manuel, de la Concha Emilio G, Fernández Oscar, Arroyo Rafael, Matesanz Fuencisla, Urcelay Elena
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-2/IL-2R signalling promotes proliferation and survival of activated T cells and has an essential non-redundant role in the production of regulatory T cells. Associations with different autoimmune diseases of polymorphisms in a linkage disequilibrium block in which the IL2/IL21 genes map (4q27), and also in genes encoding the IL2RA and IL2RB subunits (located in 10p15 and 22q13, respectively),...
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