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Epistasis Between HLA-DRB1*16:02:01 and SLC16A11 T-C-G-T-T Reduces Odds for Type 2 Diabetes in Southwest American Indians.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2024
Williams Robert C, Hanson Robert L, Peters Bjoern, Kearns Kendall, Knowler William C, Bogardus Clifton, Baier Leslie J
Abstract excerpt
We sought to identify genetic/immunologic contributors of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in an indigenous American community by genotyping all study participants for both high-resolution HLA-DRB1 alleles and SLC16A11 to test their risk and/or protection for T2D. These genes were selected based on independent reports that HLA-DRB1*16:02:01 is protective for T2D and that SLC16A11 associates with T2D in individuals with BMI...
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