Restriction genes for retroviruses influence the risk of multiple sclerosis.

Restriction genes for retroviruses influence the risk of multiple sclerosis.

We recently described that the autoimmune, central nervous system disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), is genetically associated with the human endogenous retroviral locus, HERV-Fc1, in Scandinavians. A number of dominant human genes encoding factors that restrict retrovirus replication have been known...

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Main Authors: Bjørn A Nexø, Bettina Hansen, Kari K Nissen, Lisa Gundestrup, Thorkild Terkelsen, Palle Villesen, Shervin Bahrami, Thor Petersen, Finn S Pedersen, Magdalena J Laska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24066097/?tool=EBI

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