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Combined effect of glutamine at position 70 of HLA-DRB1 and alanine at position 57 of HLA-DQB1 in type 1 diabetes: An epitope analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Gerasimou Petroula, Nicolaidou Vicky, Skordis Nicos, Picolos Michalis, Monos Demetrios, Costeas Paul A
Abstract excerpt
The contribution of specific HLA Class II alleles in type 1 diabetes is determined by polymorphic amino acid epitopes that direct antigen binding therefore, along with conventional allele frequency analysis, epitope analysis can provide important insights into disease susceptibility. We analyzed the highly heterogeneous Cypriot population for the HLA class II loci of T1DM patients and controls and we report for...
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