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HLA DRB1, DQB1 and insulin promoter VNTR polymorphisms: interactions and the association with adult-onset diabetes mellitus in Czech patients.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2008
Cejkova P, Novota P, Cerna M, Kolostova K, Novakova D, Kucera P, Novak J, Andel M, Weber P, Zdarsky E
Abstract excerpt
Both the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1 and the HLA DQB1 gene loci play a role in the development and progression of autoimmune diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Similarly, the insulin promoter variable number tandem repeats (INS-VNTR) polymorphism is also involved in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (DM). We studied the association between each of these polymorphisms and DM diagnosed in patients older than age...
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