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A genetic explanation for the rising incidence of type 1 diabetes, a polygenic disease.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Nov 2006
Awdeh Z L, Yunis Edmond J, Audeh Mark J, Fici Dolores, Pugliese Alberto, Larsen Charles E, Alper Chester A
Abstract excerpt
We had earlier hypothesized, if parents originated from previously isolated populations that had selected against different critical susceptibility genes for a polygenic disease, their offspring could have a greater risk of that disease than either parent. We therefore studied parents of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We found that parents who transmitted HLA-DR3 to HLA-DR3/DR4 patients had different HLA-A...
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