Article
Genetic analysis of HLA class II alleles and susceptibility to type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in Japanese subjects.
Diabetologia - 1 May 1992
Awata T, Kuzuya T, Matsuda A, Iwamoto Y, Kanazawa Y
Abstract excerpt
Although HLA-DQB1 alleles encoding aspartic acid at position 57 (Asp-57) are protective against Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in Caucasians, most Japanese Type 1 diabetic patients carry at least one Asp-57 DQB1 allele. We analysed the DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 genes of 99 Japanese patients and 86 control subjects with polymerase chain reaction and sequence-specific oligonucleotide hybridization. We found...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Aspartic Acid
- Base Sequence
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HLA-D Antigens
- Humans
