Kate Attfield
Junior Principal Investigator
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common, chronic disabling neurological condition in young adults, afflicting more than 2.5 million people worldwide. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 200 risk loci as contributing to disease susceptibility. However, the clinical utility of this data ultimately requires functional translation to identify cell types or pathways that are perturbed by these variants and to understand the role that exogenous triggers, which activate and drive the disease. Our research aims to unravel this complexity using an array of experimental platforms and to integrate and complement our findings with clinical data.
Recent publications
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Structural and regulatory diversity shape HLA-C protein expression levels.
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Kaur G. et al, (2017), Nat Commun, 8
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Resolving TYK2 locus genotype-to-phenotype differences in autoimmunity.
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Dendrou CA. et al, (2016), Sci Transl Med, 8
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Multiple sclerosis: Molecular mimicry of an antimyelin HLA class I restricted T-cell receptor.
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Rühl G. et al, (2016), Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 3
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Class II HLA interactions modulate genetic risk for multiple sclerosis.
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Moutsianas L. et al, (2015), Nat Genet, 47, 1107 - 1113
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CD8⁺ MAIT cells infiltrate into the CNS and alterations in their blood frequencies correlate with IL-18 serum levels in multiple sclerosis.
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Willing A. et al, (2014), Eur J Immunol, 44, 3119 - 3128