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A functional polymorphism in the promoter/enhancer region of the FOXP3/Scurfin gene associated with type 1 diabetes.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2003
Bassuny Wafaa M, Ihara Kenji, Sasaki Yuka, Kuromaru Ryuichi, Kohno Hitoshi, Matsuura Nobuo, Hara Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
FOXP3/Scurfin, a member of forkhead/winged-helix proteins, is involved in the regulation of T-cell activation, and essential for normal immune homeostasis. The FOXP3/Scurfin gene is located on chromosome Xp11.23, which includes one of the type 1 diabetes susceptible loci. Therefore, we investigated whether the human FOXP3/Scurfin gene might be a new candidate gene for type 1 diabetes. We first screened the human...
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