Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

…, A Baker, G Band, SE Baranzini, N Barizzone… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Using the ImmunoChip custom genotyping array, we analyzed 14,498 subjects with multiple
sclerosis and 24,091 healthy controls for 161,311 autosomal variants and identified 135 …

Functional variants in the B-cell gene BANK1 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

…, BA Pons-Estel, T Witte, S D'Alfonso, N Barizzone… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
… at the N terminus… N-terminal domain of BANK1 encoded by exon 2, whereas Lyn interacts
with the C-terminal portion 5 . Our own analysis predicts a pleckstrin homology domain in the N

Conversion from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis: a large multicentre study

…, LM Villar, M Leone, N Barizzone… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and objective: We explored which clinical and biochemical variables predict
conversion from clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) to clinically definite multiple sclerosis (CDMS…

[HTML][HTML] Overexpression of the cytokine BAFF and autoimmunity risk

…, G Fenu, P Ferrigno, M Ban, N Barizzone… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Genomewide association studies of autoimmune diseases have mapped hundreds
of susceptibility regions in the genome. However, only for a few association signals has …

[PDF][PDF] Network-based multiple sclerosis pathway analysis with GWAS data from 15,000 cases and 30,000 controls

…, HB Søndergaard, M Ban, N Barizzone… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
… Of these 26 genes, 12 either contain bona fide susceptibility variants (n ¼ 3) or are located
within bona fide associated regions (n ¼ 9), representing a specificity of 46% and a sensitivity …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review on body fluid biomarkers for prognosis and disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis

N Barizzone, M Leone, A Pizzino, I Kockum… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex demyelinating disease of the central nervous system,
presenting with different clinical forms, including clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), which is a …

[PDF][PDF] Low-frequency and rare-coding variation contributes to multiple sclerosis risk

…, CM Lill, F Luessi, E Dardiotis, C Agliardi, N Barizzone… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis is a complex neurological disease, with ∼20% of risk heritability attributable
to common genetic variants, including >230 identified by genome-wide association …

The Multiple Sclerosis Genomic Map: Role of peripheral immune cells and resident microglia in susceptibility

…, E Dardiotis, C Agliardi, A Amoroso, N Barizzone… - BioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
We assembled and analyzed genetic data of 47,351 multiple sclerosis (MS) subjects and
68,284 control subjects and establish a reference map of the genetic architecture of MS that …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation sequencing of pooled samples: guideline for variants' filtering

S Anand, E Mangano, N Barizzone, R Bordoni… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
… in any of the 1000genomes, dbSNP, ExAC or ESP database (N in.db = 6359) with those not
annotated in any public database (N novel = 12780), we found a disproportionate number of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic association and altered gene expression of mir-155 in multiple sclerosis patients

…, G Zeri, MD Benedetti, A Salviati, N Barizzone… - International journal of …, 2011 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex autoimmune disease of the central nervous system
characterized by chronic inflammation, demyelination, and axonal damage. As microRNA (…