title: Polymorphism analysis suggests that the gelatinase B gene is not a susceptibility factor for multiple sclerosis.
abstract: The human gelatinase B (MMP-9) gene promoter region contains a CA microsatellite repeat and a single nucleotide polymorphism which are known to influence transcriptional activity. These two polymorphisms were used to investigate the existence of an association between multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility and the MMP-9 gene. In a case-control analysis of 345 Swedish individuals and in a study of 125 Sardinian simplex families no genetic associations between the gelatinase B gene polymorphisms and MS susceptibility were found. These data reinforce the suggestion of epistasis in the regulation of the metalloproteinase-inhibitor balance in MS.
authors.affiliation: Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nelissen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vandenbroeck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fiten
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hillert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Marrosu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Opdenakker
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9