Environmental triggers of multiple sclerosis

Smoking and two human leukocyte antigen genes interact to increase the risk for multiple sclerosis

(2011) Anna Karin Hedström et al.   BRAIN

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 acts directly on the T lymphocyte vitamin D receptor to inhibit experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

(2011) Christopher G. Mayne et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Helminths and multiple sclerosis: Will old friends give us new treatments for MS?

(2011) John O. Fleming   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Sun exposure and vitamin D are independent risk factors for CNS demyelination

(2011) R. M. Lucas et al.   NEUROLOGY

Smoking and Multiple Sclerosis: An Updated Meta-Analysis

(2011) Adam E. Handel et al.   PLoS One

Smoking, Use of Moist Snuff, and Risk of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

(2010) Cecilia Carlens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Is hypovitaminosis D one of the environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis?

(2010) C. Pierrot-Deseilligny et al.   BRAIN

Human dendritic cell antigen presentation and chemotaxis are inhibited by intrinsic 25-hydroxy vitamin D activation

(2010) Lars E. Bartels et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

Absence of Epstein-Barr virus in the brain and CSF of patients with multiple sclerosis

(2010) S. A. Sargsyan et al.   NEUROLOGY

Combined effects of smoking, anti-EBNA antibodies, and HLA-DRB1*1501 on multiple sclerosis risk

(2010) K. C. Simon et al.   NEUROLOGY

Infectious Mononucleosis

(2010) Katherine Luzuriaga et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

An Updated Meta-Analysis of Risk of Multiple Sclerosis following Infectious Mononucleosis

(2010) Adam E. Handel et al.   PLoS One

Varicella zoster virus is not a disease-relevant antigen in multiple sclerosis

(2009) Mark P. Burgoon et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Epstein Barr virus is not a characteristic feature in the central nervous system in established multiple sclerosis

(2009) Laura A. N. Peferoen et al.   BRAIN

Epstein–Barr virus infection is not a characteristic feature of multiple sclerosis brain

(2009) Simon N. Willis et al.   BRAIN

Can infections protect against autoimmunity?

(2009) Wendy Gaisford et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

The type I diabetes association of the IL2RA locus

(2009) H-Q Qu et al.   GENES AND IMMUNITY

Infection with a Helminth Parasite Attenuates Autoimmunity through TGF- -Mediated Suppression of Th17 and Th1 Responses

(2009) K. P. Walsh et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Effects of infectious mononucleosis and HLA-DRB1*15 in multiple sclerosis

(2009) TR Nielsen et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Association of Infectious Mononucleosis with Multiple Sclerosis

(2009) Sreeram V. Ramagopalan et al.   NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY

The Causal Cascade to Multiple Sclerosis: A Model for MS Pathogenesis

(2009) Douglas S. Goodin   PLoS One

Varicella-zoster virus in cerebrospinal fluid at relapses of multiple sclerosis

(2008) Julio Sotelo et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Selective association of multiple sclerosis with infectious mononucleosis

(2008) BM Zaadstra et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Association of vitamin D metabolite levels with relapse rate and disability in multiple sclerosis

(2008) J Smolders et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Monthly Ambient Sunlight, Infections and Relapse Rates in Multiple Sclerosis

(2008) Helen Tremlett et al.   NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY