The Effect of HLA, IL2RA and IL7RA Alleles on the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis in HHV-6 Infected and Uninfected Lebanese Subjects
Research in Immunology: An International Journal
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system. We have previously demonstrated that an HHV-6 infection increases the risk of MS and that particular single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the IL2RA and IL7RA genes modestly enhance the risk of this…