| Identifier |
20230315_nanos_neuroimmunology1_01 |
| Title |
MS and the Immune System |
| Creator |
Jennifer Graves, MD, PhD, MAS |
| Affiliation |
UCSD, San Diego, CA |
| Subject |
Multiple Sclerosis; Autoimmunity; Genetics; Aging; Sex Differences |
| Description |
Multiple sclerosis is a multifactorial autoimmune disease of the central nervous system with three primary targets of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. Based on monozygotic twin studies, the heritability of MS is 25%. Over the last decade of advances in genome wide association studies, 48% of that heritability has now been explained by > 200 MS risk alleles, the majority of which are associated with immune genes. The closest genetic cousins of MS are other autoimmune diseases and not neurodegenerative diseases. |
| Date |
2023-03 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
2023 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting 2023: Neuroimmunology |
| Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2023. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6wk9wtf |
| Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
| Contributor Primary |
Jennifer Graves, MD, PhD, MAS |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
| ID |
2309965 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wk9wtf |
