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Novel Association Between Immune-Mediated Susceptibility Loci and Persistent Autoantibody Positivity in Type 1 Diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Aug 2015
Brorsson Caroline A, Onengut Suna, Chen Wei-Min, Wenzlau Janet, Yu Liping, Baker Peter, Williams Alistair J K, Bingley Polly J, Hutton John C, Eisenbarth George S, Concannon Patrick, Rich Stephen S, Pociot Flemming
Abstract excerpt
Islet autoantibodies detected at disease onset in patients with type 1 diabetes are signs of an autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing β-cells. To further investigate the genetic determinants of autoantibody positivity, we performed dense immune-focused genotyping on the Immunochip array...
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