Causes of Multiple Sclerosis: a functional genomics approach (Old ID 20272)

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Margaret Jordan
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

The locations of genes causing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been recently identified. The remaining challenge is to determine how these genetic locations contribute to risk. We have adopted a strategy to identify candidate genes (protein coding units) based on their differential expression in relevant immunocyte subsets. This project tests the candidate genes RGS1, HHEX and THEMIS.

Date

01 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016

Project Type

FELLOWSHIP

Keywords

Multiple Sclerosis;Susceptibility genes;in vitro;Animal model;Innate immunity

Funding Body

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Amount

299564

Project Team

N/A