Article
Complementation of HLA-DQA and -DQB genes confers susceptibility and protection to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 1992
Heimberg H, Nagy Z P, Somers G, De Leeuw I, Schuit F C
Abstract excerpt
Lack of an aspartic acid 57 in the HLA-DQ beta chain was introduced as a genetic marker of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Because 25% of the control population carries the same marker, we analyzed the DQ locus for the presence of more specific disease susceptibility markers, taking into account a possible role for the polymorphic DQA gene. We thereby identified the DQA3-DQB3.2/DQA4.1-DQB2...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Alleles
- Arginine
- Asparagine
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Probes
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
