Do endogenous retroviruses have etiological implications in inflammatory and degenerative nervous system diseases?

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb04215.x

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Do endogenous retroviruses have etiological implications in inflammatory and degenerative nervous system diseases?

Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Sept 1993

Rasmussen H B, Perron H, Clausen J

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Vertebrates carry large numbers of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) and related sequences in their genomes. These retroviral elements are inherited as Mendelian traits. Generally, ERVs are defective without the ability of being expressed as viral particles. However, ERV sequences often have a poten...

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Animals
Autoimmunity
Brain
Dementia
Female
Gene Expression
HIV
Humans
Leukemia, T-Cell
Male
Mice
Motor Neuron Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Phenotype
Retroviridae
Retroviridae Infections

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