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Molecular genetic analysis of the Idd4 locus implicates the IFN response in type 1 diabetes susceptibility in nonobese diabetic mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2006
Ivakine Evgueni A, Gulban Omid M, Mortin-Toth Steven M, Wankiewicz Ellen, Scott Christopher, Spurrell David, Canty Angelo, Danska Jayne S
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High-resolution mapping and identification of the genes responsible for type 1 diabetes (T1D) has proved difficult because of the multigenic etiology and low penetrance of the disease phenotype in linkage studies. Mouse congenic strains have been useful in refining Idd susceptibility loci in the NOD mouse model and providing a framework for identification of genes underlying complex autoimmune syndromes....
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