Article
Variants of CYP27B1 are associated with both multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica patients in Han Chinese population.
Gene - 25 Feb 2015
Zhuang Jing-Cong, Huang Zhu-Yi, Zhao Gui-Xian, Yu Hai, Li Zhen-Xin, Wu Zhi-Ying
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are chronic demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). Recently, variants of vitamin D metabolizing genes, including rs12368653, rs10876994, rs118204009 and rs703842 in CYP27B1, and rs2248359 in CYP24A1 have been identified to be associated with the pathogenicity of MS in Caucasian populations. However, these results have not been replicated...
