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PTPN2, a candidate gene for type 1 diabetes, modulates interferon-gamma-induced pancreatic beta-cell apoptosis.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2009
Moore Fabrice, Colli Maikel L, Cnop Miriam, Esteve Mariana Igoillo, Cardozo Alessandra K, Cunha Daniel A, Bugliani Marco, Marchetti Piero, Eizirik Décio L
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OBJECTIVE: The pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes has a strong genetic component. Genome-wide association scans recently identified novel susceptibility genes including the phosphatases PTPN22 and PTPN2. We hypothesized that PTPN2 plays a direct role in beta-cell demise and assessed PTPN2 expression...
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