2010
Human regulatory T cells in autoimmune diseases
Cvetanovich GL, Hafler DA. Human regulatory T cells in autoimmune diseases. Current Opinion In Immunology 2010, 22: 753-760. PMID: 20869862, PMCID: PMC2997859, DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.08.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide Association Study in a High-Risk Isolate for Multiple Sclerosis Reveals Associated Variants in STAT3 Gene
Jakkula E, Leppä V, Sulonen AM, Varilo T, Kallio S, Kemppinen A, Purcell S, Koivisto K, Tienari P, Sumelahti ML, Elovaara I, Pirttilä T, Reunanen M, Aromaa A, Oturai AB, Søndergaard HB, Harbo HF, Mero IL, Gabriel SB, Mirel DB, Hauser SL, Kappos L, Polman C, De Jager PL, Hafler DA, Daly MJ, Palotie A, Saarela J, Peltonen L. Genome-wide Association Study in a High-Risk Isolate for Multiple Sclerosis Reveals Associated Variants in STAT3 Gene. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2010, 86: 285-291. PMID: 20159113, PMCID: PMC2820168, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSTAT3 geneGenome-wide association studiesRare risk allelesComplex traitsRisk lociRisk allelesAssociated variantsAssociation studiesRecent GWASInternal isolateLociCommon variantsGenetic riskGenesAllelesCritical roleSTAT3Small odds ratiosHeterogeneous populationVariantsGWASIsolatesProtective haplotypeTraitsSNPs
1999
The B7–CD28/CTLA-4 costimulatory pathways in autoimmune disease of the central nervous system
Anderson D, Sharpe A, Hafler D. The B7–CD28/CTLA-4 costimulatory pathways in autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Current Opinion In Immunology 1999, 11: 677-683. PMID: 10631554, DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(99)00036-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reactive T cellsB7-CD28/CTLAAutoimmune diseasesT cellsTh1/Th2 cell differentiationB7-CD28 costimulationHuman autoimmune diseasesCentral nervous systemTh2 cell differentiationCostimulatory pathwayEffector phaseCTLA-4Nervous systemCritical roleDiseaseCTLARecent studiesCell differentiationCellsPast yearPathwayAutoimmunityCD28InitiationCostimulation