| Literature DB >> 15668443 |
D Brassat1, G Salemi, L F Barcellos, G McNeill, P Proia, S L Hauser, J R Oksenberg, G Savettieri.
Abstract
The authors report the analysis of HLA-class II allelic heterogeneity in a well characterized multiple sclerosis (MS) Sicilian dataset. Family-based association analysis revealed evidence for excess transmission to affected individuals for alleles HLA-DRB1*1501, DRB1*04, and DQB1*0302. When analyzed as haplotypes, the authors observed excess transmission for the DRB1*0400-DQB1*0302 haplotype. Sicilian patients share the HLA-DRB1*1501 susceptibility allele with affected living in continental Italy, but also display the allelic heterogeneity that characterizes Mediterranean populations.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15668443 DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000149765.71212.0A
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910