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The influence of population stratification on genetic markers associated with type 1 diabetes.
Scientific reports - 6 Mar 2017
Gomes Karla Fabiana Brasil, Santos Aritânia Sousa, Semzezem Cintia, Correia Márcia Regina, Brito Luciano Abreu, Ruiz Marcelo Ortega, Fukui Rosa Tsuneshiro, Matioli Sergio Russo, Passos-Bueno Maria Rita, Silva Maria Elizabeth Rossi da
Abstract excerpt
Ethnic admixtures may interfere with the definition of type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk determinants. The role of HLA, PTPN22, INS-VNTR, and CTLA4 in T1D predisposition was analyzed in Brazilian T1D patients (n = 915), with 81.7% self-reporting as white and 789 controls (65.6% white). The results were corrected for population stratification by genotyping 93 ancestry informative markers (AIMs) (BeadXpress platform)....
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