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Role of PTPN22 in type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.
Seminars in immunology - 1 Aug 2006
Bottini Nunzio, Vang Torkel, Cucca Francesco, Mustelin Tomas
Abstract excerpt
We recently discovered that a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase (LYP), encoded by the PTPN22 gene on chromosome 1p13, correlates strongly with the incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in two independent populations. This findings has now been verified by numerous studies and it has been expanded to rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus...
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