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Association of CTLA-4 polymorphisms and clinical-immunologic characteristics at onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children.
Human immunology - 1 Feb 2009
Balic Iván, Angel Bárbara, Codner Ethel, Carrasco Elena, Pérez-Bravo Francisco
Abstract excerpt
CTLA-4 is a homeostatic regulator of T cell activation and is believed to play a critical role in immune tolerance. Polymorphisms in the CTLA-4 promoter (-318C/T) and in exon 1 (+49 A/G) were analyzed in 300 Chilean patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) and 310 healthy children by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The effect of CTLA-4 allele and haplotype frequencies on...
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