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Functional characterization of the Thr946Ala SNP at the type 1 diabetes IFIH1 locus.
Autoimmunity - 1 Feb 2014
Zouk Hana, Marchand Luc, Li Quan, Polychronakos Constantin
Abstract excerpt
The Thr allele at the Thr946Ala non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism (nsSNP) in the IFIH1 gene confers risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D). IFIH1 binds viral double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), inducing a type I interferon (IFN) response. Reports of this nsSNP's role in IFIH1 expression regulation have produced conflicting results and a study evaluating transfected Thr946Ala protein alleles in an artificial system...
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