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Attenuated humoral responses in HLA-A*24-positive individuals at risk of type 1 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 2015
Ye Jody, Long Anna E, Pearson James A, Taylor Hazel, Bingley Polly J, Williams Alistair J K, Gillespie Kathleen M
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The rate of progression from islet autoimmunity to clinical type 1 diabetes depends on the rate of beta cell destruction. The HLA-A*24 gene is associated with early diabetes onset, but previous studies have shown attenuated humoral responses to islet antigens in individuals with both recent and long-standing type 1 diabetes carrying HLA-A*24. We aimed to establish whether HLA-A*24 is also...
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