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Genome-wide association study of the age of onset of type 1 diabetes reveals HTATIP2 as a novel T cell regulator.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2023
Cardinale Christopher J, Chang Xiao, Wei Zhi, Qu Hui-Qi, Bradfield Jonathan P, Polychronakos Constantin, Hakonarson Hakon
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Introduction: Type 1 diabetes, a disorder caused by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic insulin-producing cells, is more difficult to manage when it presents at a younger age. We sought to identify genetic correlates of the age of onset by conducting the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) treating the age of first diagnosis as a quantitative trait. Methods: We performed GWAS with a discovery cohort of...
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