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A cis-acting regulatory variant in the IL2RA locus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Oct 2009
Qu Hui-Qi, Verlaan Dominique J, Ge Bing, Lu Yang, Lam Kevin C L, Grabs Rosemarie, Harmsen Eef, Hudson Thomas J, Hakonarson Hakon, Pastinen Tomi, Polychronakos Constantin
Abstract excerpt
The mechanism for the association of type 1 diabetes (T1D) with IL2RA remains to be clarified. Neither of the two distinct, transmission-disequilibrium confirmed loci mapping to this gene can be explained by a coding variant. An effect on the levels of the soluble protein product sIL-2RA has been reported but its cause and relationship to disease risk is not clear. To look for an allelic effect on IL2RA...
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