Article
IL7RA haplotype-associated alterations in cellular immune function and gene expression patterns in multiple sclerosis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Oct 2013
Jäger J, Schulze C, Rösner S, Martin R
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-7 receptor alpha (IL7RA) is among the top listed candidate genes influencing the risk to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Soluble IL-7RA (sIL-7RA) protein and mRNA levels vary among the four common IL7RA haplotypes. Here we show and confirm that protective haplotype carriers have three times lower sIL-7RA serum levels than the other...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
