TY - JOUR AU - AB - Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2015, 16, 20067-20081; doi:10.3390/ijms160820067 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Molecular Sciences ISSN 1422-0067 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms Article Variants of MicroRNA Genes: Gender-Specific Associations with Multiple Sclerosis Risk and Severity 1,†, 1,2,† 1,2 1 Ivan Kiselev *, Vitalina Bashinskaya , Olga Kulakova , Natalia Baulina , 3 3 1,2 Ekaterina Popova , Alexey Boyko and Olga Favorova Dep. of Molecular Biology and Medical biotechnology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia; E-Mails: vitalina.bashinskaya@gmail.com (V.B.); olga.koulakova@gmail.com (O.K.); tati.90@mail.ru (N.B.); olga_favorova@mail.ru (O.F.) Lab. of Functional Genomics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow 121552, Russia Dep. of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia; E-Mails: epopova1980@yandex.ru (E.P.); boykoan13@gmail.com (A.B.) These authors contributed equally to this work. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kiselev.ivan.1991@gmail.com; Tel.: +7-963-678-93-51. Academic Editor: Charles Brennan Received: 12 July 2015 / Accepted: 14 August 2015 / Published: 24 August 2015 Abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neuro-inflammatory disease arising from complex interactions of genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors. Variations in genes of some microRNAs—key post-transcriptional regulators of many genes—can influence microRNAs expression/function and contribute to MS via expression changes of protein-coding TI - Variants of MicroRNA Genes: Gender-Specific Associations with Multiple Sclerosis Risk and Severity JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences DO - 10.3390/ijms160820067 DA - 2015-08-24 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/variants-of-microrna-genes-gender-specific-associations-with-multiple-FyWKQ3vMC1 DP - DeepDyve ER -