On the origin of a pathogenic HERV-W envelope protein present in multiple sclerosis lesions

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Oct 1;116(40):19791-19792. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911703116. Epub 2019 Aug 27.

Authors

Klemens Ruprecht¹, Jens Mayer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; klemens.ruprecht@charite.de.
² Institute of Human Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Saarland, 66421 Homburg, Germany.

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Axons
Endogenous Retroviruses*
Gene Products, env
Humans
Microglia
Multiple Sclerosis / genetics*

Substances

Gene Products, env