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Effect of the PTPN22 and INS risk genotypes on the progression to clinical type 1 diabetes after the initiation of β-cell autoimmunity.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 2012
Lempainen Johanna, Hermann Robert, Veijola Riitta, Simell Olli, Knip Mikael, Ilonen Jorma
Abstract excerpt
We set out to analyze the role of two major non-HLA gene polymorphisms associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D), PTPN22 1858C/T and insulin gene INS-23 A/T in progression to clinical T1D after the appearance of β-cell autoimmunity. The study population comprised 249 children with HLA-associated T1D susceptibility. All subjects were persistently positive for at least one of the T1D-associated biochemically defined...
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