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Genetics of the HLA region in the prediction of type 1 diabetes.
Current diabetes reports - 1 Dec 2011
Noble Janelle A, Valdes Ana M
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is one of the most widely studied complex genetic disorders, and the genes in HLA are reported to account for approximately 40-50% of the familial aggregation of T1D. The major genetic determinants of this disease are polymorphisms of class II HLA genes encoding DQ and DR. The DR-DQ haplotypes conferring the highest risk are DRB1*03:01-DQA1*05:01-DQB1*02:01 (abbreviated "DR3") and...
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