Refinement of the Iddm4 diabetes susceptibility locus reveals TCRVβ4 as a candidate gene

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1103, Issue , 2007, Pages 128-131

  Blankenhorn, Elizabeth P ^a   Descipio, Cheryl ^a   Rodemich, Lucy ^a   Cort, Laura ^a   Leif, Jean H ^b   Greiner, Dale L ^b   Mordes, John P ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Diabetes Division   (United States)

Author keywords

BB rat; Genetics; Iddm4; QTL; T cell receptor; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; T CELL RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN VARIABLE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS 4 GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; WILD TYPE;

RATTUS;

EID: 34249060004     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1394.020     Document Type: Article

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