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Hahn S, Letvak S, Powell K, Christianson C, Wallace D, Speer M, et al.
Public Health Genomics . 2009 May; 13(2):63-71. PMID: 19439917
Background: Focus groups were conducted in a mid-sized community to explore community members' awareness and perceptions of genomic medicine and identify effective methods to educate the public about this topic....
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Barcellos L, Ramsay P, Caillier S, Sawcer S, Haines J, Schmidt S, et al.
Genes Immun . 2008 Jun; 9(6):493-500. PMID: 18580885
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system with a strong genetic component. Variation in the major histocompatibility complex on chromosome 6p21, specifically the HLA-DRB1*15...
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Chen W, Saeed M, Mao H, Siddique N, Dellefave L, Hung W, et al.
Neurology . 2006 Aug; 67(3):508-10. PMID: 16894118
The authors tested the association of three vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promoter polymorphisms with sporadic ALS (SALS) to verify the results of a previous study and to investigate their...
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Saeed M, Siddique N, Hung W, Usacheva E, Liu E, Sufit R, et al.
Neurology . 2006 Jul; 67(5):771-6. PMID: 16822964
Background: Paraoxonases (PONs) are involved in the detoxification of organophosphate pesticides and chemical nerve agents. Due to a reported possible twofold increased risk of ALS in Gulf War veterans and...
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Cree B, Khan O, Bourdette D, Goodin D, Cohen J, Marrie R, et al.
Neurology . 2004 Dec; 63(11):2039-45. PMID: 15596747
Background: African American (AA) individuals are thought to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) less frequently than Caucasian American (CA) individuals. Objective: To compare the clinical characteristics of AA and CA patients...
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Caillier S, Barcellos L, Baranzini S, Swerdlin A, Lincoln R, Steinman L, et al.
Genes Immun . 2003 May; 4(4):312-5. PMID: 12761568
Osteopontin (OPN), also known as early T-cell activating gene (Eta-1), has been recently shown to be a critical factor in the progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and perhaps multiple sclerosis...
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Yang Y, Hentati A, Deng H, Dabbagh O, Sasaki T, Hirano M, et al.
Nat Genet . 2001 Oct; 29(2):160-5. PMID: 11586297
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) are neurodegenerative conditions that affect large motor neurons of the central nervous system. We have identified a familial juvenile PLS (JPLS)...
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Barcellos L, Caillier S, Dragone L, Elder M, Vittinghoff E, Bucher P, et al.
Nat Genet . 2001 Aug; 29(1):23-4. PMID: 11528386
A C-->G nucleotide transition in exon 4 of PTPRC (encoding protein-tyrosine phosphatase receptor-type C, also known as CD45) was recently reported to be genetically associated with the development of multiple...
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Rampoldi L, Dobson-Stone C, Rubio J, Danek A, Chalmers R, Wood N, et al.
Nat Genet . 2001 May; 28(2):119-20. PMID: 11381253
Chorea-acanthocytosis (CHAC, MIM 200150) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the gradual onset of hyperkinetic movements and abnormal erythrocyte morphology (acanthocytosis). Neurological findings closely resemble those observed in...
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Liao H, Montefiori D, Patel D, Lee D, Scott W, Pericak-Vance M, et al.
J Immunol . 2000 Jun; 165(1):148-57. PMID: 10861047
A 32-bp deletion in CCR5 (CCR5 Delta 32) confers to PBMC resistance to HIV-1 isolates that use CCR5 as a coreceptor. To study this mutation in T cell development, we...