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SUBMITTER: Alcina A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2607550 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alcina Antonio A Fedetz María M Ndagire Dorothy D Fernández Oscar O Leyva Laura L Guerrero Miguel M Abad-Grau María M MM Arnal Carmen C Delgado Concepción C Lucas Miguel M Izquierdo Guillermo G Matesanz Fuencisla F
PloS one 20090106 1
<h4>Background</h4>IL-2 receptor (IL2R) alpha is the specific component of the high affinity IL2R system involved in the immune response and in the control of autoimmunity.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Here we perform a replication and fine mapping of the IL2RA gene region analyzing 3 SNPs previously associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 5 SNPs associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a collection of 798 MS patients and 927 matched Caucasian controls from the south of Spain. We observed asso ...[more]