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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Jan Hillert.
1. Studies on T cells and cytokines in Guillain-Barré syndrome and experimental allergic neuritis
Sammanfattning : Guillain-Barrésyndrome (GBS) is an inflammatory disease of peripheral nerves, characterised by muscle weakness. The nerves are attacked and destroyed by the immune system. The symptoms usually progress over a few weeks and many patients become severely disabled. LÄS MER
2. Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease
Sammanfattning : Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) often have a family history of the disease, implicating genetics as a major risk factor. Three genes are currently known to cause familial early-onset AD (65 years), only the APOE gene has repeatedly been associated to AD, where the ε4 allele increases disease risk and decreases age at onset. LÄS MER
3. Mechanisms in inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the nervous system : immunological and methodological aspects
Sammanfattning : The diseases studied in this thesis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Polyneuropathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (PNMGUS), are of autoimmune origin with myelin components as putative auto antigens. T cells are important for the pathogenesis, as well as the cytokine network and autoantibodies. LÄS MER
4. Functional Role of Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sammanfattning : Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic and complex autoimmune disorder characterized by a failure in the mechanism of self-tolerance and production of autoantibodies, potentially affecting any organ in the body. The genetic factors behind the disease have been extensively studied in the past years and to date a list of more than 30 loci have been associated with SLE. LÄS MER
5. Genetic studies of stroke in Northern Sweden
Sammanfattning : Stroke is a common disorder of later life with a complex etiology, including both environmental and genetic risk factors. The inherited predisposition is challenging to study due to the complexity of the stroke phenotype. LÄS MER