A follow-up study of Nordic multiple sclerosis candidate gene regions

Mult Scler. 2007 Jun;13(5):584-9. doi: 10.1177/1352458506071790. Epub 2007 Feb 9.

Abstract

In this study, the results from three Nordic linkage disequilibrium screens in multiple sclerosis (MS) were investigated, in a new sample set of 314 Nordic MS trios from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. Among 30 non-HLA and two HLA microsatellite markers individually genotyped, eight markers displayed distorted transmission with uncorrected P-value<0.05, ranked in this order: D6S2443 (6p21.32, HLA class II) (P corrected=0.01), D2S2201 (2p24), D19S552 (19q13), D3S3584 (3q21), D17S975 (17q11), D1S2627 (1p22), D6S273 (6p21.33, HLA class III) and D12S1051 (12q23). These non-HLA regions need further investigation as possible MS candidate gene regions in our population.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Testing
  • Genotype
  • HLA Antigens / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Iceland / epidemiology
  • Linkage Disequilibrium*
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Multiple Sclerosis / ethnology*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / genetics*
  • Scandinavian and Nordic Countries / epidemiology

Substances

  • HLA Antigens