Article
Gender-associated differences of perforin polymorphisms in the susceptibility to multiple sclerosis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Nov 2010
Camiña-Tato Montse, Morcillo-Suárez Carlos, Bustamante Marta F, Ortega Israel, Navarro Arcadi, Muntasell Aura, López-Botet Miguel, Sánchez Alex, Carmona Paco, Julià Eva, Tortola María Teresa, Audí Laura, Oksenberg Jorge R, Martin Roland, Montalban Xavier, Comabella Manuel
Abstract excerpt
The granule-dependent exocytosis pathway is an important mechanism to induce apoptosis by CD8(+) T cells and NK cells and involves lytic molecules such as perforin. In the current study, we investigated the perforin 1 gene (PRF1) as a candidate for multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility in the Spanish population. We genotyped three PRF1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs885822, rs10999426, and rs3758562) in 420...
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