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HLA genes associated with autoimmunity and progression to disease in type 1 diabetes.
Tissue antigens - 1 Feb 2003
Tait B D, Colman P G, Morahan G, Marchinovska L, Dore E, Gellert S, Honeyman M C, Stephen K, Loth A
Abstract excerpt
Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type I DM) is caused by an autoimmune process which culminates in destruction of pancreatic beta cells with resultant loss of insulin production. Preceding the clinical diagnosis of type I DM is a preclinical stage characterized by autoantibodies to insulin, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and a tyrosine phosphatase-like molecule (IA-2). We have studied both HLA class I and...
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