Article
Progressive autoimmune beta cell insufficiency: occurrence in the absence of high-risk HLA alleles DR3, DR4.
Diabetes care - 1 Jan 2000
Eisenbarth G S, Srikanta S, Fleischnick E, Ganda O P, Jackson R A, Brink S J, Soeldner J S, Yunis E J, Alper C
Abstract excerpt
In a prospective screening program for type I diabetes mellitus, we identified a unique family in which several members (mother and three siblings) expressed an unusual set of HLA-DR alleles (DR2+, DR3/4-) and were in different phases of immunologically mediated islet beta cell dysfunction. Immunologic and/or clinical manifestations of type I diabetes were absent in all siblings not sharing both HLA haplotypes in...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DR2 Antigen
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
