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Differential effects of DRB1*0301 and DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 on the activation and progression of islet cell autoimmunity.
Genes and immunity - 1 Dec 2007
Eller E, Vardi P, McFann K K, Babu S R, Yu L, Bugawan T L, Erlich H A, Eisenbarth G S, Fain P R
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diabetes shows extreme variation in age of onset and clinical presentation, although most studies have been done in children with the most severe subtype. Disease risk is strongly associated with HLA-DRB1*0301-DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 (DR3-DQ2), but it has not been possible to separate the effects of the DR and DQ alleles. We have identified a large Bedouin kindred in which a high prevalence of islet...
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