2011
The CD6 Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Allele Is Associated with Alterations in CD4+ T Cell Proliferation
Kofler DM, Severson CA, Mousissian N, De Jager PL, Hafler DA. The CD6 Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Allele Is Associated with Alterations in CD4+ T Cell Proliferation. The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 187: 3286-3291. PMID: 21849685, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, T-LymphocyteCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ProliferationCell SeparationCells, CulturedFemaleFlow CytometryGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansMaleMultiple SclerosisPhenotypeReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRisk FactorsRNA, Small InterferingConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesAllelic variantsNew susceptibility lociSusceptibility allelesRisk allelesProliferation defectExon 5Risk-associated allelesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsExtracellular binding sitesCD6 geneSusceptibility lociLinkage disequilibriumMS risk alleleSelective knockdownT cell activationNucleotide polymorphismsAltered proliferationCell proliferationGenetic associationAllelesLong-term activationBinding sitesMS susceptibility alleles
2010
A Major Histocompatibility Class I Locus Contributes to Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Independently from HLA-DRB1*15:01
Cree BA, Rioux JD, McCauley JL, Gourraud PA, Goyette P, McElroy J, De Jager P, Santaniello A, Vyse TJ, Gregersen PK, Mirel D, Hafler DA, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Compston A, Sawcer SJ, Oksenberg JR, Hauser SL, , . A Major Histocompatibility Class I Locus Contributes to Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Independently from HLA-DRB1*15:01. PLOS ONE 2010, 5: e11296. PMID: 20593013, PMCID: PMC2892470, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control analysisMS susceptibilityMultiple sclerosisSingle nucleotide polymorphismsClass IMS susceptibility allelesMultiple sclerosis susceptibilityMajor histocompatibility class ICochran-Armitage trend testLogistic regression modelingHLA-G geneMHC class IReplication datasetDiscovery datasetHistocompatibility class IArmitage trend testHLASignificant associationClass IIGenetic susceptibilityMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) genesRegression modelingSusceptibility allelesP-valueMHC