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Two endogenous retroviral loci appear to contribute to Multiple Sclerosis

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Neurology, April 2016
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Title
Two endogenous retroviral loci appear to contribute to Multiple Sclerosis
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BMC Neurology, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12883-016-0580-9
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Bjørn A. Nexø, Sara B. Jensen, Kari K. Nissen, Bettina Hansen, Magdalena J. Laska

Abstract

Two endogenous retroviral loci seem to be involved in the human disease Multiple sclerosis (MS). The two retroviral loci synergize in and contribute to MS (shown by ANOVA). Synergy probably means recombination or complementation of the activated viruses. Similar observations may be true for Type 1 Diabetes and Rheumatoid arthritis. In MS the genes also synergize with the immune system; this could well be a common phenomenon. We formulate various theories about the role of the viruses. Also, the concept is developing that some forms of autoimmunity should be treatable with antiretrovirals. In the case of MS, this idea is gradually gaining weight.

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Country Count As %
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 4%
Unknown 26 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 15%
Student > Master 4 15%
Researcher 4 15%
Other 3 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 11%
Other 5 19%
Unknown 4 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 22%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 15%
Neuroscience 4 15%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 19%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2016.
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#15,866,607
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#1,523
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#181,229
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#31
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