MHC2TA is associated with differential MHC molecule expression and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and myocardial infarction.

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Published in Nat Genet on April 10, 2005

Authors

Maria Swanberg1, Olle Lidman, Leonid Padyukov, Per Eriksson, Eva Akesson, Maja Jagodic, Anna Lobell, Mohsen Khademi, Ola Börjesson, Cecilia M Lindgren, Pia Lundman, Anthony J Brookes, Juha Kere, Holger Luthman, Lars Alfredsson, Jan Hillert, Lars Klareskog, Anders Hamsten, Fredrik Piehl, Tomas Olsson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Neuroimmunology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Associated clinical trials:

Genetic Predisposition of Coronary Artery Disease -- The COROGENE-Study | NCT00417534

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