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Emerging roles of rare and low-frequency genetic variants in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 2021
Pang Haipeng, Xia Ying, Luo Shuoming, Huang Gan, Li Xia, Xie Zhiguo, Zhou Zhiguang
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is defined as an autoimmune disorder and has enormous complexity and heterogeneity. Although its precise pathogenic mechanisms are obscure, this disease is widely acknowledged to be precipitated by environmental factors in individuals with genetic susceptibility. To date, the known susceptibility loci, which have mostly been identified by genome-wide association studies, can...
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