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Single nucleotide polymorphism in the MMP-9 gene is associated with susceptibility to develop multiple sclerosis in an Italian case-control study.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 25 Aug 2010
La Russa Antonella, Cittadella Rita, De Marco Elvira Valeria, Valentino Paola, Andreoli Virginia, Trecroci Francesca, Latorre Valeria, Gambardella Antonio, Quattrone Aldo
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To investigate the role of the matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene (MMP-9) in multiple sclerosis (MS), we analyzed the functional -1562C/T and -90 (CA)(n) repeat polymorphisms in 243 Italian patients with MS and 173 healthy controls. A significant increase of the -1562T allele carriers was found in p...
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