Article
CTLA-4 promoter polymorphisms are associated with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.
Human immunology - 1 Nov 2009
Douroudis Konstantinos, Prans Ele, Uibo Raivo
Abstract excerpt
The cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) molecule is an important regulator of T-cell activation and a susceptibility candidate for autoimmune diseases. To evaluate the impact of CTLA-4 promoter allelic variants of the CTLA-4 gene in latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), the MH30 (rs231806), -1147 (rs16840252), and -318 (rs5742909) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were studied in a population of...
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