The variable endogenous retroviral insertion in the human complement C4 gene: A transmission study in type I diabetes mellitus

Human Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 481-484

  Pani, Michael A ^a   Wood, Jeffrey P ^a   Bieda, Katrin ^a   Toenjes, Ralf R ^b   Usadel, Klaus H ^a   Badenhoop, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Complement C4; HERV; Polymorphism; Type I diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; HLA-DQ2 ANTIGEN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 6P; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

COMPLEMENT 4; DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; COMPLEMENT C4; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS;

EID: 0035985641     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(02)00398-1     Document Type: Article

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