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Genetic and Environmental Interactions Modify the Risk of Diabetes-Related Autoimmunity by 6 Years of Age: The TEDDY Study.
Diabetes care - 1 Sept 2017
Krischer Jeffrey P, Lynch Kristian F, Lernmark Åke, Hagopian William A, Rewers Marian J, She Jin-Xiong, Toppari Jorma, Ziegler Anette-G, Akolkar Beena
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OBJECTIVE: We tested the associations between genetic background and selected environmental exposures with respect to islet autoantibodies and type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Infants with HLA-DR high-risk genotypes were prospectively followed for diabetes-related autoantibodies. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) came from the Illumina ImmunoChip and environmental exposure data were by parental...
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