Genetic variants in the tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 gene in patients with MS.

Weinshenker, B G; Hebrink, D; Wingerchuk, D M; Klein, C J; Atkinson, E; O'Brien, P C; McMurray, C T · Neurology · 1999

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

We scanned for all genetic variants in functionally important regions of the tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 gene (TNF-R1) in 100 to 111 MS patients from Olmsted County, MN, and analyzed selected variants for an association with disease course and severity. Ten genetic variants were uncovered. Only one variant, a silent substitution, was found in coding sequence. One intronic variant may generate a novel splice-junction sequence. We did not find an association between either this intronic variant or another common promoter variant and the course or severity of MS.

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