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The promoter region of the CTLA4 gene is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Apr 2001
Lee Y J, Lo F S, Shu S G, Wang C H, Huang C Y, Liu H F, Wu C C, Yang T Y, Chang J G
Abstract excerpt
The CTLA4 (cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen-4) gene encodes the T cell receptor involved in the control of T cell proliferation and mediates T cell apoptosis. C-T polymorphism is present at position -318 from the ATG start codon in the promoter region of the gene. We report a study on the polymorphism in 347 unrelated children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) (age at diagnosis 7.2+/-3.8 years) and...
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