Article
Immunogenetics of early-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among the Japanese: HLA, Gm, BF, GLO, and organ-specific autoantibodies--the J.D.S. study.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Mar 1990
Mimura G, Kida K, Matsuura N, Toyota T, Kitagawa T, Kobayashi T, Hibi I, Ikeda Y, Tuchida I, Kuzuya H
Abstract excerpt
The Japan Diabetes Society (JDS) conducted a multicenter study on the immunogenetics of early-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) of the Japanese. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA), properdin factor B (BF), immunoglobulin heavy-chain complex (Gm), and glyoxalase of erythrocytes (GLO) were typed, and organ-specific autoantibodies, including islet cell antibody (ICA), were assayed in 159 Japanese IDDM...
Topics
- Autoantibodies
- Complement Factor B
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Enzyme Precursors
- Erythrocytes
- Genotype
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes
- Japan
