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Identification of functional enhancer variants associated with type I diabetes in CD4+ T cells.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2024
Mishra Arpit, Jajodia Ajay, Weston Eryn, Jayavelu Naresh Doni, Garcia Mariana, Hossack Daniel, Hawkins R David
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Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease mediated by T-cell destruction of β cells in pancreatic islets. Currently, there is no known cure, and treatment consists of daily insulin injections. Genome-wide association studies and twin studies have indicated a strong genetic heritability for type I diabetes and implicated several genes. As most strongly associated variants are noncoding, there is still a lack of...
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