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Low-risk HLA genotype in Type 1 diabetes is associated with less destruction of pancreatic B-cells 12 months after diagnosis.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Dec 2007
Spoletini M, Petrone A, Zampetti S, Capizzi M, Zavarella S, Osborn J, Foffi C, Tuccinardi D, Pozzilli P, Buzzetti R
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: The role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes in the susceptibility to Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is well known. However, we do not know whether the degree of pancreatic B-cell destruction depends on different HLA genetic risk. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of DRB1* and DQB1* genes on the rate of pancreatic B-cell loss in a prospective series of 120 consecutive newly diagnosed T1DM...
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