Article
HLA-DQB1*0602 is associated with dominant protection from diabetes even among islet cell antibody-positive first-degree relatives of patients with IDDM.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 1995
Pugliese A, Gianani R, Moromisato R, Awdeh Z L, Alper C A, Erlich H A, Jackson R A, Eisenbarth G S
Abstract excerpt
HLA-DQB1 alleles confer susceptibility and resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). We investigated whether the susceptibility alleles DQB1*0302 and DQB1*0201 affect progression to diabetes among islet cell antibody-positive (ICA+) first-degree relatives of IDDM patients and whether the protective allele DQB1*0602 can be found and is still protective among such relatives. We human leukocyte...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Autoantibodies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Family
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, Dominant
