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ArticleFunctional neurology

HLA-DRB1*15 association with multiple sclerosis is confirmed in a multigenerational Italian family.

L Mosca, V Mantero, S Penco, L La Mantia, S De Benedetti, M R Marazzi, C Spreafico, C Erminio, L Grassi, G Lando and 3 more

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Article in Functional neurology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

L Mosca
V Mantero
S Penco
L La Mantia
S De Benedetti
M R Marazzi
C Spreafico
C Erminio
L Grassi
G Lando
M Zagaria
E Agostoni
A Protti

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental and genetic factors seem to play a pathogenetic role in multiple sclerosis (MS). The genetic component is partly suggested by familial aggregation of cases; however, MS families with affected subjects over different generations have rarely been described. The aim of this study was to report clinical and genetic features of a multigenerational MS family and to perform a review of the literature on this topic. We describe a multigenerational Italian family with six individuals affected by MS, showing different clinical and neuroradiological findings. HLA-DRB1* typing revealed the presence of the DRB1*15:01 allele in all the MS cases and in 4/5 non-affected subjects. Reports on six multigenerational MS families have previously been published, giving similar results. The HLA-DRB1*15:01 allele was confirmed to be linked to MS disease in this family; moreover, its presence in non-affected subjects suggests the involvement of other susceptibility factors in the development and expression of the disease, in accordance with the complex disease model now attributed to MS.

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Family HealthAdultDatabases, BibliographicDisability EvaluationFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingGenotypeHLA-DRB1 ChainsHumansItalyMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMultiple SclerosisSeverity of Illness IndexHLA-DRB1*15 antigenHLA-DRB1 Chains

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PMID28676141
PMCPMC5507157
OpenAlexW2735398901

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