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Arginine at position 74 of the HLA-DR beta1 chain is associated with Graves' disease.
Genes and immunity - 1 May 2004
Ban Y, Davies T F, Greenberg D A, Concepcion E S, Osman R, Oashi T, Tomer Y
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) is associated with HLA-DR3 (DRB1*03) in Caucasians, but the exact amino-acid sequence in the DR beta1 chain conferring susceptibility to GD is unknown. Therefore, the aim of our study was to identify the critical sequence among the HLA-DRB1 amino-acid residues occupying the peptide-binding pocket, which conferred susceptibility to GD. We sequenced the HLA-DRB1 locus in 208 Caucasian GD...
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