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Trinucleotide repeats of programmed cell death-1 gene are associated with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jul 2007
Hiromine Yoshihisa, Ikegami Hiroshi, Fujisawa Tomomi, Nojima Koji, Kawabata Yumiko, Noso Shinsuke, Asano Katsuaki, Fukai Aya, Ogihara Toshio
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Multiple genes are involved in conferring susceptibility to autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus. The immunoreceptor programmed cell death-1 (PDCD-1), an inhibitory costimulatory molecule regulating peripheral tolerance, is reported to play an important role in the development of type 1 diabetes m...
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