The immunogenetics of multiple sclerosis: A comprehensive review

JA Hollenbach, JR Oksenberg - Journal of autoimmunity, 2015 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system and
common cause of non-traumatic neurological disability in young adults. The likelihood for an …

Multiple sclerosis: risk factors, prodromes, and potential causal pathways

SV Ramagopalan, R Dobson, UC Meier… - The Lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common, complex neurological disease. The precise aetiology of
MS is not yet known, although epidemiological data indicate that both genetic and …

Expression of the Multiple Sclerosis-Associated MHC Class II Allele HLA-DRB1*1501 Is Regulated by Vitamin D

SV Ramagopalan, NJ Maugeri, L Handunnetthi… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex trait in which allelic variation in the MHC class II region
exerts the single strongest effect on genetic risk. Epidemiological data in MS provide strong …

The genetics of multiple sclerosis: SNPs to pathways to pathogenesis

JR Oksenberg, SE Baranzini, S Sawcer… - Nature Reviews …, 2008 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease and a common cause of
neurological disability in young adults. The modest heritability of MS reflects complex …

Epistasis among HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQA1, and HLA-DQB1 loci determines multiple sclerosis susceptibility

MR Lincoln, SV Ramagopalan… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a common central nervous system inflammatory disease, has a
major heritable component. Susceptibility is associated with the MHC class II region …

Regulation of major histocompatibility complex class II gene expression, genetic variation and disease

L Handunnetthi, SV Ramagopalan, GC Ebers… - Genes & …, 2010 - nature.com
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules are central to adaptive immune
responses and maintenance of self-tolerance. Since the early 1970s, the MHC class II …

The complex genetics of multiple sclerosis: pitfalls and prospects

S Sawcer - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The genetics of complex disease is entering a new and exciting era. The exponentially
growing knowledge and technological capabilities emerging from the human genome …

Heterogeneity in multiple sclerosis: scratching the surface of a complex disease

G Disanto, AJ Berlanga, AE Handel… - Autoimmune …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. Although the etiology and the pathogenesis of MS has been extensively …

The immunogenetics of neurological disease

MK Misra, V Damotte, JA Hollenbach - Immunology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Genes encoding antigen‐presenting molecules within the human major histocompatibility
complex (MHC) account for the highest component of genetic risk for many neurological …

Necrotizing meningoencephalitis of Pug dogs associates with dog leukocyte antigen class II and resembles acute variant forms of multiple sclerosis

KA Greer, AK Wong, H Liu, TR Famula… - Tissue …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME) is a disorder of Pug Dogs that appears to have an
immune etiology and high heritability based on population studies. The present study was …