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Identification of a type 1 diabetes-associated CD4 promoter haplotype with high constitutive activity.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jun 2004
Kristiansen O P, Karlsen A E, Larsen Z M, Johannesen J, Pociot F, Mandrup-Poulsen T
Abstract excerpt
CD4 is a candidate gene in autoimmune diseases, including Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), because the CD4 receptor is crucial for appropriate antigen responses of CD4(+) T cells. We previously found linkage between a CD4-1188(TTTTC)(5-14) promoter polymorphism and T1DM. In the present study, we screened the human CD4 promoter for mutations and identified three frequent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs):...
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