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Multiple Sclerosis Risk Allele in CLEC16A Acts as an Expression Quantitative Trait Locus for CLEC16A and SOCS1 in CD4+ T Cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Leikfoss Ingvild S, Keshari Pankaj K, Gustavsen Marte W, Bjølgerud Anja, Brorson Ina S, Celius Elisabeth G, Spurkland Anne, Bos Steffan D, Harbo Hanne F, Berge Tone
Abstract excerpt
For multiple sclerosis, genome wide association studies and follow up studies have identified susceptibility single nucleotide polymorphisms located in or near CLEC16A at chromosome 16p13.13, encompassing among others CIITA, DEXI and SOCS1 in addition to CLEC16A. These genetic variants are located in intronic or intergenic regions and display strong linkage disequilibrium with each other, complicating the...
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