Basic information of CCL5 :

Official Symbol of Gene	CCL5
Species	Homo sapiens
Entrez Gene ID	6352
Official Full Name	C-C motif chemokine ligand 5
Also known as	SISd; eoCP; SCYA5; RANTES; TCP228; D17S136E; SIS-delta
Gene Type	protein coding
dbXrefs	Ensembl:ENSG00000271503 MIM:187011; AllianceGenome:HGNC:10632
Map Location	17q12
Variation Type	polymorphism
refSNP ID	RANTES-28C/G

Sample information of multiple sclerosis:

Detected Sample	brain,blood
Sample Detail	N/A
Detected Method	PCR
Disease	MS
Disease subtype	N/A
Population	primary diagnosis of MS from the Human Neurological Research Specimen Bank at Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA and (control)older non-Hispanic Caucasian University students
Sample Size	140 postmortem brain samples from subjects with a primary diagnosis of MS, and peripheral blood samples from 216 control subjects.

Literature information of multiple sclerosis :

Pubmed ID	15471370
Year	2004
Title	RANTES: a genetic risk marker for multiple sclerosis

Results of multiple sclerosis :

Risk Type	disease risk
Main Result	Negative
Result	MS cases differed from controls showing a significant association with the 403G/A polymorphism,but not the -28C/G.
Mechanism/Pathway	N/A