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Association of BANK1 and cytokine gene polymorphisms with type 1 diabetes in Tunisia.
Gene - 25 Feb 2014
Zouidi Ferjani, Stayoussef Mouna, Bouzid Dorra, Fourati Hajer, Abida Olfa, João Costa, Ayed Mourad Ben, Fakhfakh Raouia, Thouraya Kammoun, Monjia Hachicha, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves, Masmoudi Hatem
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease (AID) with both genetic and environmental components. We aimed to investigate the genetic association of polymorphisms in genes previously linked with other AIDs, namely BANK1, IL15 and IL2/IL21 region. A total of 76 T1D patients and 162 controls from Southern Tunisia were recruited for a case-control association study investigating the relationship between sixteen...
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