Article
Genomic polymorphism at the interferon-induced helicase (IFIH1) locus contributes to Graves' disease susceptibility.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2007
Sutherland Alison, Davies Jocelyn, Owen Catherine J, Vaikkakara Suresh, Walker Christine, Cheetham Timothy D, James R Andrew, Perros Petros, Donaldson Peter T, Cordell Heather J, Quinton Richard, Pearce Simon H S
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: A recent large-scale analysis of nonsynonymous coding polymorphisms showed strong evidence that an alanine to threonine amino acid change at codon 946 of the interferon-induced helicase (IFIH1) gene (SNP ID rs1990760) was associated with type 1 diabetes. Previous investigations have also demonstrated that an intronic polymorphism (termed PD1.3; SNP ID rs11568821) in the programmed cell death (PDCD1) gene...
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