ReviewJournal of autoimmunity2015
The immunogenetics of multiple sclerosis: A comprehensive review.
Review in Journal of autoimmunity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 196 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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196 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 401 citations in OpenAlex.
- Shared Genetic Risk Factors for Multiple Sclerosis/Psoriasis Suggest Involvement of Interleukin-17 and Janus Kinase-Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription Signaling.Annals of neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Association of multiple sclerosis with vitiligo: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- The Involvement of HLA Class II Alleles in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Disease markers · 2019Pooled it
- High Resolution Haplotype Analyses of Classical HLA Genes in Families With Multiple Sclerosis Highlights the Role of HLA-DP Alleles in Disease Susceptibility.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Trial
- Molecular mimicry between Anoctamin 2 and Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 associates with multiple sclerosis risk.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Trial
- HLA-DRB1 Polymorphisms Modulate the Dynamic Compatibility between the Presentation of EBNA1ACS omega · 2026Article
- Population-Scale Precision Safety in Oncology Reveals Clinical and Genetic Determinants of Systemic Therapy Toxicity.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- EBV reactivation priming of the peripheral immune system in multiple sclerosis relapse.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Multiancestry genome-wide association and multiomics analyses elucidate spatiocellular features of multiple sclerosis genetics.Nature genetics · 2026Article
- Neurodegenerative diseases and immune system: From pathogenic mechanism to therapy.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis: Mechanistic Insights into Virus-Driven Autoimmunity.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Personalized medicine as a novel therapeutic approach for autoimmune diseases: new insights and future prospects.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2026Article
- Role of Caveolin-1 in Inflammation: Genetic Predisposition and Potential Implication for Multiple Sclerosis.Genes · 2026Review
- Development of a Diagnostic Autoantibody Assay to a Consensus Motif for the Risk Prediction of Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Multiple Sclerosis.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2026Article
- Demyelinating disorders in women: epidemiology, immunology, and clinical implications across MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD.Journal of neurology · 2026Review
- The Immunosuppression Paradox in Multiple Sclerosis: Are We Fueling the Fire by Suppressing Immunity in an Epstein-Barr Virus-Linked Disease?Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Review
- IL-1 polymorphisms modulates functional recovery following rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Exploratory multi-omics analysis suggests context-dependent immune responses to vitamin DFrontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Seropositivity against rubella virus envelope protein 1, but not 2, is associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis.Clinical & translational immunology · 2026Article
- Multiple Sclerosis: An Ethnically Diverse Disease with Worldwide Equity Challenges Accessing Care.Neurology international · 2025Article
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Abstract
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 individual to develop MS is strongly influenced by her or his ethnic background and family history of disease, suggesting that genetic susceptibility is a key determinant of risk. Over 100 loci have been firmly associated with susceptibility, whereas the main signal genome-wide maps to the class II region of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene cluster and explains up to 10.5% of the genetic variance underlying risk. HLA-DRB1*15:01 has the strongest effect with an average odds ratio of 3.08. However, complex allelic hierarchical lineages, cis/trans haplotypic effects, and independent protective signals in the class I region of the locus have been described as well. Despite the remarkable molecular dissection of the HLA region in MS, further studies are needed to generate unifying models to account for the role of the MHC in disease pathogenesis. Driven by the discovery of combinatorial associations of Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor (KIR) and HLA alleles with infectious, autoimmune diseases, transplantation outcome and pregnancy, multi-locus immunogenomic research is now thriving. Central to immunity and critically important for human health, KIR molecules and their HLA ligands are encoded by complex genetic systems with extraordinarily high levels of sequence and structural variation and complex expression patterns. However, studies to-date of KIR in MS have been few and limited to very low resolution genotyping. Application of modern sequencing methodologies coupled with state of the art bioinformatics and analytical approaches will permit us to fully appreciate the impact of HLA and KIR variation in MS.
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