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Association analysis in type 1 diabetes of the PRSS16 gene encoding a thymus-specific serine protease.
Human immunology - 1 Jul 2007
Lie Benedicte A, Viken Marte K, Akselsen Hanne E, Flåm Siri T, Pociot Flemming, Nerup Jørn, Kockum Ingrid, Cambon-Thomsen Anne, Thorsby Erik, Undlien Dag E
Abstract excerpt
We have previously mapped a separate type 1 diabetes (T1D) association in the extended MHC class I region, marked by D6S2223, on the DRB1*03-DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 haplotype. The associated region encompasses a gene encoding a thymus-specific serine protease (PRSS16), presumably involved in positive selection of T cells or in T-cell regulation. Fourteen PRSS16 polymorphisms were genotyped in two steps using a total...
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