Article
Variation in NOD2 augments Th2- and Th17 responses to myelin basic protein in multiple sclerosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Hedegaard Chris Juul, Enevold Christian, Sellebjerg Finn, Bendtzen Klaus, Nielsen Claus Henrik
Abstract excerpt
Variations in the gene for the nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain (NOD) 2 have been associated with Crohn's disease but not multiple sclerosis (MS). Here we investigate the effect of three polymorphisms in the NOD2 gene (rs5743277, rs2066842 and rs5743291) on cytokine production and CD4+ T cell proliferation elicited by human myelin basic protein (MBP) in blood mononuclear cell (MNC) cultures from 29...
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