ArticleGenes2020
Multiple Sclerosis: Shall We Target CD33?
Article in Genes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Microglial ITAM & ITIM Signaling in Neurodegenerative Disease and Brain Aging.Journal of molecular biology · 2026Review
- The Role of Bromodomain and Extraterminal (BET) Proteins in Controlling the Phagocytic Activity of Microglia In Vitro: Relevance to Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Alzheimer's Disease Risk Variant rs3865444 in theLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of Body Mass Index on the Age of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Onset: A Retrospective Study.Neurology international · 2021Article
- Thinking outside the Ischemia Box: Advancements in the Use of Multiple Sclerosis Drugs in Ischemic Stroke.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Myeloid lineage cells (microglia and macrophages) may participate in the pathogenic mechanisms leading to MS. CD33 is a transmembrane receptor, mainly expressed by myeloid lineage cells. CD33 rs3865444 is a promoter variant previously associated with Alzheimer's disease, whose role in MS remains obscure.
objectiveTo assess the role of CD33 rs3865444 in MS risk.
methodsWe genotyped 1396 patients with MS and 400 healthy controls for the presence of the CD33 rs3865444 variant. Odds ratios (ORs) with the respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs), were calculated with the SNPStats software, assuming five genetic models (co-dominant, dominant, recessive, over-dominant, and log-additive), with the G allele as the reference allele. The value of 0.05 was set as the threshold for statistical significance.
resultsCD33 rs3865444 was associated with MS risk in the dominant (GG vs. GT + TT; OR (95% C.I.) = 0.79 (0.63-0.99),
conclusionsOur preliminary results suggest a possible contribution of CD33 rs3865444 to MS. Therefore, larger multiethnic studies should be conducted, investigating the role of CD33 rs3865444 in MS.
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