Article
HLA and IDDM: facts and speculations on the disease gene and its mode of inheritance.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 1991
Rubinstein P
Abstract excerpt
1. The mode of inheritance of the DR3- and DR4-associated susceptibility genotype is essentially recessive, based on both the segregation data and the existence of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in Ashkenazi Jewish and possibly in patients of other populations. 2. Maternal effects may alter the expressivity of IDDM in some susceptible offspring, depending on the maternal DR genotype. Thus, the number of susceptible...
Topics
- Alleles
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Humans
