Environmental and genetic risk factors for MS: an integrated review

E Waubant, R Lucas, E Mowry, J Graves… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent findings have provided a molecular basis for the combined contributions of
multifaceted risk factors for the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS appears to start as a …

Genetics of multiple sclerosis: lessons from polygenicity

A Goris, M Vandebergh, JL McCauley… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Large-scale map** studies have identified 236 independent genetic variants associated
with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis. However, none of these variants are found …

Towards a global view of multiple sclerosis genetics

BM Jacobs, M Peter, G Giovannoni, AJ Noyce… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroimmunological disorder of the CNS with a strong heritable
component. The genetic architecture of MS susceptibility is well understood in populations of …

Genomic effects of the vitamin D receptor: potentially the link between vitamin D, immune cells, and multiple sclerosis

M Lu, BV Taylor, H Körner - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Vitamin D has a plethora of functions that are important for the maintenance of general
health and in particular, the functional integrity of the immune system, such as promoting an …

Genetics and functional genomics of multiple sclerosis

W Kim, NA Patsopoulos - Seminars in immunopathology, 2022 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory neurodegenerative disease with genetic
predisposition. Over the last decade, genome-wide association studies with increasing …

The association between disability progression, relapses, and treatment in early relapse onset MS: an observational, multi-centre, longitudinal cohort study

V Fuh-Ngwa, JC Charlesworth, Y Zhou, I van der Mei… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The indirect contribution of multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses to disability worsening
outcomes, and vice-versa, remains unclear. Disease modifying therapies (DMTs) are …

Genetic Variation in WNT9B Increases Relapse Hazard in Multiple Sclerosis

M Vandebergh, TFM Andlauer, Y Zhou… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Many multiple sclerosis (MS) genetic susceptibility variants have been identified,
but understanding disease heterogeneity remains a key challenge. Relapses are a core …

Ensemble machine learning identifies genetic loci associated with future worsening of disability in people with multiple sclerosis

V Fuh-Ngwa, Y Zhou, PE Melton, I van der Mei… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Limited studies have been conducted to identify and validate multiple sclerosis (MS) genetic
loci associated with disability progression. We aimed to identify MS genetic loci associated …

Comparing RNA‐sequencing datasets from astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia in multiple sclerosis identifies novel dysregulated genes relevant to …

SS Drake, A Zaman, T Simas… - WIREs Mechanisms of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Central nervous system (CNS) inflammation is a key factor in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Invasion of peripheral immune cells into the CNS resulting from an unknown signal or …

Exonic variants of genes related to the vitamin D signaling pathway in the families of familial multiple sclerosis using whole‐exome next generation sequencing

V Pytel, JA Matías‐Guiu, L Torre‐Fuentes… - Brain and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Vitamin D (VD) deficiency has been associated with multiple sclerosis
(MS) and other autoimmune diseases (AIDs). However, the effect of the genetics of VD on …