title: No association of CCR5delta32 gene mutation with multiple sclerosis in Croatian and Slovenian patients.
abstract: Several studies investigating the role of the CCR5delta32 mutation in multiple sclerosis (MS) have reported varied, often contradictory results. Therefore in the present study we have analysed whether the CCR5delta32 mutation is associated with the risk of/or disease process in Croatian and Slovene MS patients. Three hundred and twenty-five MS patients and 356 healthy controls were genotyped by the polymerase chain reaction method. Our results showed no significant differences in the distribution of CCR5delta32 mutations between MS and control subjects, indicating that this mutation does not influence susceptibility to MS. Furthermore, we did not observe that CCR5delta32 carrier-status could modulate age of disease onset or progression of the disease. It is therefore our conclusion that the present study indicates that the CCR5delta32 mutation is neither protective of, nor a risk factor, for MS development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. ristics@medri.hr
authors.forename: Smiljana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ristić
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lovrecić
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Starcević-Cizmarević
authors.forename: Bojana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brajenović-Milić
authors.forename: Sasa Sega
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jazbec
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barac-Latas
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vejnović
authors.forename: Juraj
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sepcić
authors.forename: Miljenko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapović
authors.forename: Borut
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peterlin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D020528:Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D020529:Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D017354:Point Mutation; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D019713:Receptors, CCR5