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[Implication of platelet-activating factor receptor A224D mutation in susceptibility to relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: A Tunisian population study].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Jun 2012
Messadi A, Fekih-Mrissa N, Zaouali J, Layouni S, Nsiri B, Yedeas M, Raies A, Mrissa R, Gritli N
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AIM OF THE STUDY: Platelet-activating factor interacts with its specific receptor and mediates leucocytes transmigration into central nervous system and expression of HLA molecules on antigens-presenting cells. These features are the major characteristics of multiple sclerosis pathology. In the present study, we investigated the role of platelet-activating factor receptor A224 mutation in the susceptibility to...
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