Article
Analysis of HLA-DQA1 and -DQB1 genes in Mexican Americans with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 1993
Sanjeevi C B, Zeidler A, Shaw S, Rotter J, Nepom G T, Costin G, Raffel L, Eastman S, Kockum I, Wassmuth R
Abstract excerpt
Mexican American patients (n = 35) with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and control subjects (n = 39) were HLA-DQA and DQB typed by the polymerase chain reaction technique combined with allele-specific oligonucleotide probes. Either DQB1*0302 or DQB1*0201 was present among 91% (32/35)...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Blotting, Southern
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Mexican Americans
