Article
Linkage disequilibrium with HLA-DRB1-DQB1 haplotypes explains the association of TNF-308G>A variant with type 1 diabetes in a Brazilian cohort.
Gene - 15 Aug 2015
Patente Thiago A, Monteiro Maria B, Vieira Suzana M, Rossi da Silva Maria E, Nery Márcia, Queiroz Márcia, Azevedo Mirela J, Canani Luis H, Parisi Maria C, Pavin Elizabeth J, Mainardi Débora, Javor Juraj, Velho Gilberto, Coimbra Cássio N, Corrêa-Giannella Maria Lúcia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A functional variant in the promoter region of the gene encoding tumor necrosis factor (TNF; rs1800629, -308G>A) showed to confer susceptibility to T1D. However, TNF rs1800629 was found, in several populations, to be in linkage disequilibrium with HLA susceptibility haplotypes to T1D. We evaluated the association of TNF rs1800629 with T1D in a cohort of Brazilian subjects, and assessed the impact of...
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