Article
Ethnic differences in the associations between the HLA-DRB1*04 subtypes and type 1 diabetes.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Nov 2003
Rewers Amanda, Babu Sunanda, Wang Tian Bao, Bugawan Teodorica L, Barriga Kathy, Eisenbarth George S, Erlich Henry A
Abstract excerpt
The HLA genotype DRB1*03,DQB1*0201/DRB1*04,DQB1*0302 confers a 25-fold increase in the risk of type 1 diabetes. In persons with this genotype, DRB1*0405, *0402, and *0401 subtypes have been reported to further increase risk, whereas the *0403 and *0406 alleles confer a relative protection. We compared the frequencies of the DRB1*04 alleles in 193 type 1 diabetic patients with the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Ethnicity
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Humans
