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Association of CTLA-4 polymorphism with positive anti-GAD antibody in Japanese subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 1999
Hayashi H, Kusaka I, Nagasaka S, Kawakami A, Rokkaku K, Nakamura T, Saito T, Higashiyama M, Honda K, Ishikawa S E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: CTLA-4, expressed on activated T cells, is thought to be a negative regulator of T cell function. Its gene (2q33) may confer genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus (IDDM12). The present study was undertaken to clarify the role of CTLA-4 gene polymorphism in Japanese subject...
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