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Interaction between immunoglobulin allotypes and NK receptor genes in diabetes post-hepatitis C virus infection.
Immunobiology - 1 Jun 2011
Granados-Montiel Julio, Zúñiga Joaquin, Azocar Jose, Feris Edmond J, Terreros Daniel, Larsen Charles E, Clavijo Olga P, Cruz-Lagunas Alfredo, Middleton Derek, Alper Chester A, Pandey Janardan P, Yunis Edmond J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic interactions between natural killer (NK) cells immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes and immunoglobulin allotypes have been previously reported in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. Puerto Rican Americans with a history of intravenous drug use who developed DM following HCV infection (n=32) were compared to individuals infected with HCV without diabetes (n=121) and to DM non-infected individuals...
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