Interleukin-7 receptor alpha gene polymorphism influences multiple sclerosis risk in Asians

Neurology. 2011 Jun 14;76(24):2125-7. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821f466c.

Authors

L Fang¹, N Isobe, S Yoshimura, T Yonekawa, T Matsushita, K Masaki, H Doi, K Ochi, K Miyamoto, Y Kawano, J Kira; South Japan Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium

Collaborators

South Japan Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium:
Susumu Kusunoki, Saburo Sakoda, Tatsuo Kohriyama, Masayasu Matsumoto, Takeshi Kanda, Tetsuro Miki, Kazumasa Okada, Sadatoshi Tsuji

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.

PMID: 21670443
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821f466c

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asian People / genetics*
Gene Frequency
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Humans
Multiple Sclerosis / complications
Multiple Sclerosis / genetics*
Neuromyelitis Optica / etiology
Neuromyelitis Optica / genetics
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Receptors, Interleukin-7 / genetics*
Risk Factors

Substances

Receptors, Interleukin-7
interleukin-7 receptor, alpha chain