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Effect of HLA genotype or CTLA-4 polymorphism on cytokine response in healthy children.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Sept 2008
Walldén J, Ilonen J, Roivainen M, Ludvigsson J, Vaarala O
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is considered to be a T-cell-mediated autoimmune disease in which genetic predisposition is affected by HLA class II alleles and polymorphisms in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene. We tested the hypothesis whether these T1D-related gene polymorphisms modulate cytokine response and thus contribute to the development of autoimmunity. The study includes 67 non-diabetic...
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