Article
HLA-DP and susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Japanese.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 1991
Yamagata K, Hanafusa T, Nakajima H, Sada M, Amemiya H, Tomita K, Miyagawa J, Noguchi T, Tanaka T, Kono N
Abstract excerpt
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes are candidates for susceptibility genes in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Recently, the association of DR and DQ with IDDM has been reported, but the role of HLA-DP genes remains uncertain. To address the question, we analyzed the DPB1 gene of 20 Japanese IDDM patients and 30 control subjects using a combination of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction...
Topics
- Alleles
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Base Sequence
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DP Antigens
- Humans
- Japan
- Molecular Sequence Data
