Human endogenous retrovirus HERV-Fc1 association with multiple sclerosis susceptibility: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are repetitive sequences derived from ancestral germ-line infections by exogenous retroviruses and different HERV families have been integrated in the genome. HERV-Fc1 in chromosome X has been previously associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Nor...

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Main Authors: Belén de la Hera, Jezabel Varadé, Marta García-Montojo, Antonio Alcina, María Fedetz, Iraide Alloza, Ianire Astobiza, Laura Leyva, Oscar Fernández, Guillermo Izquierdo, Alfredo Antigüedad, Rafael Arroyo, Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente, Koen Vandenbroeck, Fuencisla Matesanz, Elena Urcelay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3971560?pdf=render