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Association of TNFAIP3 and TNFRSF1A variation with multiple sclerosis in a German case-control cohort.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2015
Hoffjan S, Okur A, Epplen J T, Wieczorek S, Chan A, Akkad D A
Abstract excerpt
Variations in two genes of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha pathway have been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases: polymorphisms in the TNFRSF1A gene, encoding TNF receptor 1, showed significant association with MS in genomewide association scans, and variation in or near the TNFAIP3 gene, coding for a negative regulator of NFkB, was associated with MS, systemic lupus erythematosus,...
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