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Fine mapping and functional studies of risk variants for type 1 diabetes at chromosome 16p13.13.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2014
Tomlinson M Joseph, Pitsillides Achilleas, Pickin Rebecca, Mika Matthew, Keene Keith L, Hou Xuanlin, Mychaleckyj Josyf, Chen Wei-Min, Concannon Patrick, Onengut-Gumuscu Suna
Abstract excerpt
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in the chromosomal region 16p13.13 have been previously associated with risk for several autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes. To identify and localize specific risk variants for type 1 diabetes in this region and understand the mechanism of their action, we resequenced a 455-kb region in type 1 diabetic patients and unaffected control subjects, identifying...
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