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Analysis of TAP2 polymorphisms in Finnish individuals with type I diabetes.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2002
Penfornis Alfred, Tuomilehto-Wolf Eva, Faustman Denise L, Hitman Graham A
Abstract excerpt
Type I diabetes mellitus is an immune-mediated disease that is known to be associated and linked with genes in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region on chromome 6. Functionally, HLA class I antigen presentation may be deranged in type I diabetes. The TAP1 and TAP2 transporters, which mediate the translocation of antigenic peptides into the endoplasmic reticulum and whose genes are located in the HLA class II...
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