作者: Joseph P. McElroy , Jorge R. Oksenberg
DOI: 10.1016/J.NCL.2010.12.002
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摘要: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease involving interactions among multiple genetic loci with modest effects and environment. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene cluster in chromosome 6p21.3 represents by far the strongest MS susceptibility locus genome-wide, primary signal arising from HLA-DRB1gene class II segment of locus. Large, multicenter DNA collections have prospered as development new laboratory analytical approaches has matured at remarkable pace, allowing pursuit comprehensive "agnostic" genome-wide association studies to identify characterize non-HLA component MS. This article summarizes knowledge gained this experimental approach.