Article
Polymorphic variants of the IL2RA gene and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in the Polish population.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 2012
Fichna M, Zurawek M, Fichna P, Januszkiewicz D, Nowak J
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphic variants of the IL2RA gene, which encodes high-affinity alpha subunit (CD25) of the interleukin-2 receptor, were recently found to affect the risk of several autoimmune disorders. This study was aimed to investigate the association of selected IL2RA polymorphisms (rs11594656, rs3118470, rs2104286 and rs7093069) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a Polish cohort comprising 445 patients and 671 healthy...
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