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No independent association between a tumor necrosis factor-alpha promotor region polymorphism and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
European journal of immunology - 1 Nov 1993
Pociot F, Wilson A G, Nerup J, Duff G W
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have implicated tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in the pathogenesis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). In the present study we analyzed the first reported TNF-alpha gene polymorphism in relation to IDDM. We have made frequence analysis and tested in vitro lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced TNF-alpha secretion. A significant difference in allele frequency was observed between patients...
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