1. Mapping non-class II H2-linked loci for type 1 diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice
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Henri-Jean Garchon, Nathalie Deruytter, and Olivier Boulard
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Genetics ,Genetic Markers ,Type 1 diabetes ,Ratón ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Congenic ,Histocompatibility Antigens Class II ,Chromosome Mapping ,Diabetic mouse ,Nod ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Major histocompatibility complex ,Major Histocompatibility Complex ,Mice ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 ,Mice, Inbred NOD ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,biology.protein ,Genetic predisposition ,Animals ,Disease Susceptibility - Abstract
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a largely predominant role in the genetic predisposition to type 1 diabetes, in both humans and rodents. While class II loci have long been recognized as essential, they do not fully explain the MHC-linked genetic component of type 1 diabetes. In the present study, using new NOD congenic strains harboring defined chromosomal segments from C57BL/6 mice, we circumscribed three distinct loci influencing murine type 1 diabetes and tightly linked to but separated from the class II region. Our findings might guide the search for additional HLA-linked loci in human type 1 diabetes.
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- 2004