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A genome-wide association study of nonsynonymous SNPs identifies a type 1 diabetes locus in the interferon-induced helicase (IFIH1) region.
Nature genetics - 1 Jun 2006
Smyth Deborah J, Cooper Jason D, Bailey Rebecca, Field Sarah, Burren Oliver, Smink Luc J, Guja Cristian, Ionescu-Tirgoviste Constantin, Widmer Barry, Dunger David B, Savage David A, Walker Neil M, Clayton David G, Todd John A
Abstract excerpt
In this study we report convincing statistical support for a sixth type 1 diabetes (T1D) locus in the innate immunity viral RNA receptor gene region IFIH1 (also known as mda-5 or Helicard) on chromosome 2q24.3. We found the association in an interim analysis of a genome-wide nonsynonymous SNP (nsSNP) scan, and we validated it in a case-control collection and replicated it in an independent family collection. In...
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