TNFR1

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·January 15, 2020

Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered

TNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining together trimers and making oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response observed in a variety of diseases. Read More

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Featured Genetics

·June 11, 2015

Key Regulator of Inflammation Disrupted by Gene Variants Linked to Multiple Sclerosis

According to a new study, researchers have implicated a central regulator as a cause of MS and ulcerative colitis. Read More

Featured Genetics Neurology

·July 11, 2012

Gene Link to Multiple Sclerosis Explains Drug Side Effects

The biological role of a gene variant implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS) has been determined by researchers at Oxford University. The researchers investigated one particular genetic variant - found in a gene called TNFRSF1A - which has previously been associated with the risk of developing MS. Read More