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PTPN22 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Iranian Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
Immunological investigations - 1 May 2017
Abbasi Farzaneh, Soltani Samaneh, Saghazadeh Amene, Soltaninejad Ehsan, Rezaei Arezou, Zare Bidoki Alireza, Bahrami Tayyeb, Amirzargar Ali Akbar, Rezaei Nima
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BACKGROUND: PTPN22 plays a crucial role in regulating the function of various cells of the immune system, particularly T cells. Polymorphisms of the PTPN22 gene have been associated with many autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes (T1D) which is a T-cell-mediated disease. OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed at genotyping of an Iranian population for five polymorphisms of the PTPN22 gene. METHODS: The...
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