Evidence for a Type 1 diabetes-specific mechanism for the insulin gene-associated IDDM2 locus rather than a general influence on autoimmunity

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-270

  Tait, K F ^a   Collins, J E ^a   Heward, J M ^a   Eaves, I ^b   Snook, H ^b   Franklyn, J A ^a   Barnett, A H ^a   Todd, J A ^b   Maranian, M ^c   Compston, A ^c   Sawcer, S ^c   Gough, S C L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Graves' disease; IDDM2; Multiple sclerosis; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 15; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN GENE; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 2 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 10744220939     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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