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A functional variant of lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase is associated with type I diabetes.
Nature genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Bottini Nunzio, Musumeci Lucia, Alonso Andres, Rahmouni Souad, Nika Konstantina, Rostamkhani Masoud, MacMurray James, Meloni Gian Franco, Lucarelli Paola, Pellecchia Maurizio, Eisenbarth George S, Comings David, Mustelin Tomas
Abstract excerpt
We report that a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the gene (PTPN22) encoding the lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase (LYP), a suppressor of T-cell activation, is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). The variants encoded by the two alleles, 1858C and 1858T, differ in a crucial amino acid residue involved in association of LYP with the negative regulatory kinase Csk. Unlike the variant encoded...
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