Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

International IBD Genetics Consortium (IIBDGC)… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Using the ImmunoChip custom genotyping array, we analyzed 14,498 subjects with multiple
sclerosis and 24,091 healthy controls for 161,311 autosomal variants and identified 135 …

Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score: using disability and disease duration to rate disease severity

R Roxburgh, SR Seaman, T Masterman, AE Hensiek… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Background: There is no consensus method for determining progression of disability in
patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) when each patient has had only a single assessment in …

Variation in interleukin 7 receptor α chain (IL7R) influences risk of multiple sclerosis

F Lundmark, K Duvefelt, E Iacobaeus, I Kockum… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling, disease of the central nervous system
affecting more than 1 in 1,000 people in most western countries. The inflammatory lesions …

Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain

T Kaufmann, D van der Meer, NT Doan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Common risk factors for psychiatric and other brain disorders are likely to converge on
biological pathways influencing the development and maintenance of brain structure and …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic fatigue and depression due to multiple sclerosis: Immune-inflammatory pathways, tryptophan catabolites and the gut-brain axis as possible shared …

H Ormstad, CS Simonsen, L Broch, M Maes… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract/summary Chronic fatigue and major depression (MDD)-like symptoms are common
manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS), both with huge impact on quality of life. Depression …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation as a mediator of HLA-DRB1*15:01 and a protective variant in multiple sclerosis

L Kular, Y Liu, S Ruhrmann, G Zheleznyakova… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype DRB1* 15: 01 is the major risk factor for
multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we find that DRB1* 15: 01 is hypomethylated and …

[PDF][PDF] Network-based multiple sclerosis pathway analysis with GWAS data from 15,000 cases and 30,000 controls

SE Baranzini, P Khankhanian, NA Patsopoulos… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory CNS disease with a substantial genetic
component, originally mapped to only the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region. In the last …

The influence of THC: CBD oromucosal spray on driving ability in patients with multiple sclerosis‐related spasticity

EG Celius, C Vila - Brain and behavior, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Driving ability is a key function for the majority of patients with multiple sclerosis
(MS) to help maintain daily interactions. Both physical and cognitive disability, as well as …

[PDF][PDF] Low-frequency and rare-coding variation contributes to multiple sclerosis risk

M Mitrovič, NA Patsopoulos, AH Beecham… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis is a complex neurological disease, with∼ 20% of risk heritability
attributable to common genetic variants, including> 230 identified by genome-wide …

Fatigue and its association with sociodemographic variables among multiple sclerosis patients

A Lerdal, EG Celius, T Moum - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To explore the relationship between fatigue, sociodemographic and clinical
variables in a population of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Rationale: There is a need …