FOXP3/Scurfin gene polymorphism is associated with adult onset type 1 diabetes in Japanese, especially in women and slowly progressive-type patients

Autoimmunity

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-167

  Iwase, Kyoko ^a   Shimada, Akira ^a   Kawai, Toshihide ^a   Okubo, Yoshiaki ^a   Kanazawa, Yasuhiko ^b   Irie, Junichiro ^a   Oikawa, Yoichi ^a   Hirose, Hiroshi ^a   Maruyama, Taro ^c   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Isehara Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Saitama Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FOXP3 Scurfin gene; GAD antibody; Polymorphism; Regulatory T cell; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR9 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; AUTOANTIBODIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58949099513     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930802488258     Document Type: Article

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