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Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 and susceptibility to autoimmune type 1 diabetes in Tunisians.
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI - 1 Sept 2010
Benmansour Jihen, Stayoussef Mouna, Al-Jenaidi Fayza A, Rajab Mansoor H, Rayana Chiheb B, Said Hichem B, Mahjoub Touhami, Almawi Wassim Y
Abstract excerpt
In addition to HLA and insulin genes, the costimulatory molecule CTLA-4 gene is a confirmed type 1 diabetes (T1D) susceptibility gene. Previous studies investigated the association of CTLA-4 genetic variants with the risk of T1D, but with inconclusive findings. Here, we tested the contributions of common CTLA-4 gene variants to T1D susceptibility in Tunisian patients and control subjects. The study subjects...
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