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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the polymorphisms of exon 1 (+49A/G) and promoter (-318C/T and -651C/T) regions of the CTLA-4 gene in 133 Japanese patients with conventional/classical multiple sclerosis (MS) and 156 healthy controls. Patients with optico-spinal MS (OSMS) or atypical clinical attacks were excluded from the study. There was no significant difference in the distribution of polymorphisms between patients and controls. Furthermore, there were no associations between polymorphisms and clinical characteristics, such as age at onset, disease prognosis, and HLA profiles. Our results suggest that CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms are neither conclusively related to susceptibility nor to the clinical characteristics of MS, especially in Japanese patients with conventional/classical form and clinical features identical to those of their counterparts in Western countries.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
159
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Antigens, Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-CTLA-4 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-HLA-DR Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-HLA-DRB1 Chains, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Multiple Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:15652423-Promoter Regions, Genetic
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
CTLA-4 gene polymorphism is not associated with conventional multiple sclerosis in Japanese.
pubmed:affiliation
Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital, Niju-Yon-Ken 2-2-4-30, Nishi-ku, Sapporo 063-0802, Japan. fukazawa@my.email.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't