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Autoantibody epitopes to the smaller isoform of glutamate decarboxylase do not differ in Swedish and Japanese type 1 diabetes patients and may be associated with high-risk human leucocyte antigen class II alleles.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Dec 2007
Maruyama T, Oak S, Hall T R, Banga J P, Ortqvist E, Ettinger R A, Endl J, Hampe C S
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease with a strong human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II association. Depending on geographic locations, the disease-associated HLA class II alleles vary. We evaluated the beta cell-specific autoimmunity reflected in autoantibodies directed to the smalle...
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