The Immunogenetics of Risk and Progression in MS

Sergio Baranzini, PhD
Professor of Neurology, 
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Jill A. Hollenbach, PhD, MPH
Professor of Neurology, 
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences                                                                                                    

Educational Objectives:

• Describe and compare the genetic differences between risk and progression to MS.
• Summarize the general strategy to conduct a genetic association study.
• Describe the relationship between immunogenetic variation and immunological structure and function.