Journal article
Common and Low Frequency Variants in MERTK Are Independently Associated with Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility with Discordant Association Dependent upon HLA-DRB1*15:01 Status
Michele D Binder, Andrew D Fox, Daniel Merlo, Laura J Johnson, Lauren Giuffrida, Sarah E Calvert, Rainer Akkermann, Gerry ZM Ma, Ashwyn A Perera, Melissa M Gresle, Louise Laverick, Grace Foo, Marzena J Fabis-Pedrini, Timothy Spelman, Margaret A Jordan, Alan G Baxter, Simon Foote, Helmut Butzkueven, Trevor J Kilpatrick, Judith Field
PLOS Genetics | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2016
Grants
Awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society (US)
Awarded by Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia
Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Awarded by Australian Research Council Linkage
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (US) Grant Number 6007629 to MDB, TJK, JF, HB and ADF; by the Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Grant Number 13-013 to MDB, JF and TJK; by the National Health and Medical Research Council Grant Number APP1032486 to HB, JF and AGB, and by the Australian Research Council Linkage Grant Number LP110100473 to HB, JF abd AGB. The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health acknowledges the strong support from the Victorian Government and in particular the funding from the Operational Infrastructure Support Grant. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.