Article
HLA and insulin-dependent diabetes. A protective perspective.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 1992
Sheehy M J
Abstract excerpt
This article presents a model for the HLA effect in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) that is almost the mirror image of a model suggested by Nepom. In the Nepom model, the products of certain HLA alleles are associated with IDDM because they bind and present a specific peptide or peptides so as to induce an immune response to pancreatic beta-cells; certain other alleles can protect against IDDM if they...
Topics
- Alleles
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- HLA-D Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
