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: Nexø, Bjørn A., Hansen, Bettina, Nissen, Kari K., Gundestrup, Lisa, Terkelsen, Thorkild, Villesen, Palle, Bahrami, Shervin, Petersen, Thor, Pedersen, Finn S., Laska, Magdalena J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774660/