Basic information of HLA-A :

Official Symbol of Gene	HLA-A
Species	Homo sapiens
Entrez Gene ID	3105
Official Full Name	major histocompatibility complex, class I, A
Also known as	HLAA
Gene Type	protein coding
dbXrefs	Ensembl:ENSG00000206503 MIM:142800; AllianceGenome:HGNC:4931
Map Location	6p22.1
Variation Type	allele
refSNP ID	N/A

Sample information of multiple sclerosis:

Detected Sample	peripheral granulocytes
Sample Detail	N/A
Detected Method	PCR-SSOP
Disease	MS
Disease subtype	RRMS,RPMS
Population	Japanese
Sample Size	89 Western type MS patients / 57 Asian type MS patients / 146 healthy

Literature information of multiple sclerosis :

Pubmed ID	9894852
Year	1998
Title	Molecular analysis of HLA class I (HLA-A and -B) and HLA class II (HLA-DRB1) genes in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis (Western type and Asian type)

Results of multiple sclerosis :

Risk Type	Disease risk ; Phenotypic risk
Main Result	Negative
Result	No statistically significant difference in the frequencies of HLA-A alleles was found between controls and total MS patients, Western type MS patients, Asian type MS patients or between the two subtypes.
Mechanism/Pathway	N/A