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Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis: An Overview and New Directions.


ABSTRACT: The contribution of genetic inheritance in multiple sclerosis was established early on. Although multiple sclerosis is not a Mendelian disease, its incidence and prevalence is higher in family members of affected individuals compared with the general population. Throughout the last decade, several small studies failed to identify any robust genetic associations besides the classic associations in the major histocompatibility complex region. During the past few years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revolutionized the genetics of multiple sclerosis, uncovering more than 200 implicated genetic loci. Here, we describe these main findings and discuss the new avenues that these discoveries lay open.

SUBMITTER: Patsopoulos NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6027932 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis: An Overview and New Directions.

Patsopoulos Nikolaos A NA  

Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine 20180702 7


The contribution of genetic inheritance in multiple sclerosis was established early on. Although multiple sclerosis is not a Mendelian disease, its incidence and prevalence is higher in family members of affected individuals compared with the general population. Throughout the last decade, several small studies failed to identify any robust genetic associations besides the classic associations in the major histocompatibility complex region. During the past few years, genome-wide association stud  ...[more]

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