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A retroviral long terminal repeat adjacent to the HLA DQB1 gene (DQ-LTR13) modifies Type I diabetes susceptibility on high risk DQ haplotypes.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 2002
Bieda K, Pani M A, van der Auwera B, Seidl C, Tönjes R R, Gorus F, Usadel K H, Badenhoop K
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: HLA-DQ genes, located in the human leukocyte antigen region on chromosome 6 p, are the main inherited factors predisposing to Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. Endogenous retroviral long-terminal repeats are integrated at several sites within this region, one of which is known to enhance susceptibility for Type I diabetes. We examined another LTR within the HLA-region as an additional...
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