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PD-1 gene haplotype is associated with the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Japanese children.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Ni Ronghua, Ihara Kenji, Miyako Kenichi, Kuromaru Ryuichi, Inuo Mika, Kohno Hitoshi, Hara Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
Interaction between Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), a member of costimulatory molecules, and its receptors Programmed cell Death-1 Ligand 1 (PD-L1) and Programmed cell Death-1 Ligand 2 (PD-L2), play an important role in the negative regulation of immune reactions. It was shown that a polymorphism in a regulatory site of the PD-1 gene was associated with susceptibility to several autoimmune diseases in various...
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