TY - JOUR AU - García-Montojo, Marta AU - Hera, Belén de la AU - Varadé, Jezabel AU - Encarnación, Ana de la AU - Camacho, Iris AU - Domínguez-Mozo, María AU - Árias-Leal, Ana AU - García-Martínez, Angel AU - Casanova, Ignacio AU - Izquierdo, Guillermo AU - Lucas, Miguel AU - Fedetz, Maria AU - Alcina, Antonio AU - Arroyo, Rafael AU - Matesanz, Fuencisla AU - Urcelay, Elena AU - Alvarez-Lafuente, Roberto PY - 2014 DO - 10.1186/1742-4690-11-2 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/1850 T2 - Retrovirology AB - BACKGROUNDMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease that occurs more frequently in women than in men. Multiple Sclerosis Associated Retrovirus (MSRV) is a member of HERV-W, a multicopy human endogenous retroviral family repeatedly... LA - en PB - BioMed Central KW - Multiple sclerosis KW - Human endogenous retrovirus KW - HERV-W KW - Multiple sclerosis associated retrovirus KW - Chromosome x KW - Sex KW - Gender differences KW - Autoimmunity KW - Cromosomas humanos X KW - Predisposición genética a la enfermedad KW - Retrovirus endógenos KW - Esclerosis múltiple KW - Medical Subject Headings::Anatomy::Cells::Cellular Structures::Chromosomes::Chromosomes, Mammalian::Chromosomes, Human::Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X::Chromosomes, Human, X KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Viruses::RNA Viruses::Retroviridae::Endogenous Retroviruses KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Female KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms::Pathologic Processes::Disease Attributes::Disease Susceptibility::Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male KW - Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Nervous System Diseases::Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System::Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS::Multiple Sclerosis KW - Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Genetic Variation::Polymorphism, Genetic KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Risk::Risk Assessment KW - Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult TI - HERV-W polymorphism in chromosome X is associated with multiple sclerosis risk and with differential expression of MSRV. TY - research article ER -