CTLA-4 gene expression is influenced by promoter and exon 1 polymorphisms

Arturs Ligers, Natalia Teleshova, Thomas Masterman, +2

Genes and Immunity

GeneticsGene RegulationImmune-related Gene PolymorphismGene CharacterizationMolecular Genetics +5

Multiple sclerosis: a modifying influence of HLA class I genes in an HLA class II associated autoimmune disease

Anna Fogdell‐Hahn, Arturs Ligers, M. Grønning, +2

Tissue Antigens

HLA-DR15 is associated with lower age at onset in multiple sclerosis

Thomas Masterman, Arturs Ligers, Tomas Olsson, +3

Annals of Neurology

The CTLA-4 gene is associated with multiple sclerosis

Arturs Ligers, Chun Xu, S. Saarinen, +2

Journal of Neuroimmunology

ImmunogeneticsAutoimmune DiseaseMedicineImmunologyPathology +5

Evidence of Linkage with HLA-DR in DRB1*15-Negative Families with Multiple Sclerosis

Arturs Ligers, David A. Dyment, Cristen J. Willer, +4

The American Journal of Human Genetics

Autoimmune DiseaseNeurological DisorderMedicineGeneticsGenetic Disorder +5

Genetic susceptibility to MS: a second stage analysis in Canadian MS families

David A. Dyment, Cristen J. Willer, Beverly Scott, +33

Neurogenetics

Second Stage AnalysisDisease SusceptibilityGenetic TestingGeneticsGenetic Susceptibility +9

CTLA4 dimorphisms and the multiple sclerosis phenotype

Thomas Masterman, Arturs Ligers, Zhiping Zhang, +4

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Autoimmune DiseaseNeurological DisorderMedicineImmunologyAutoimmunity +6

Microsatellite polymorphisms in the gene promoter of monocyte chemotactic protein-3 and analysis of the association between monocyte chemotactic protein-3 alleles and multiple sclerosis development

Pierre Fiten, Koen Vandenbroeck, Bénédicte Dubois, +8

Journal of Neuroimmunology

ImmunogeneticsDisease SusceptibilityAutoimmune DiseaseMicrosatellite PolymorphismsMedicine +11

HLA‐DR15 is associated with lower age at onset in multiple sclerosis

Thomas Masterman, Arturs Ligers, Tomas Olsson, +3

Annals of Neurology

Neurological DisorderGeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyPathologyClinical Genetics +16

Sharing of a conserved haplotype suggests a susceptibility gene for multiple sclerosis at chromosome 17p11

Bing He, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Arturs Ligers, +5

European Journal of Human Genetics

Disease SusceptibilityConserved HaplotypeGenetic DisorderGeneticsImmunology +8