Accelerated Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the Presence of HLA-A*24 and -B*18 Is Restricted to Multiple Islet Autoantibody–Positive Individuals With Distinct HLA-DQ and Autoantibody Risk Profiles
Author(s) -
Else M. Balke,
Eric V. Balti,
Bart Van Der Auwera,
Ilse Weets,
Olivier Costa,
Simke Demeester,
Pascale Abrams,
Kristina Casteels,
M. Coeckelberghs,
Sylvie Tenoutasse,
Bart Keymeulen,
Daniël Pipeleers,
Frans Gorus
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc17-2462
Subject(s) - medicine , autoantibody , islet , type 1 diabetes , human leukocyte antigen , diabetes mellitus , immunology , type 2 diabetes , insulitis , endocrinology , antibody , antigen
We investigated the effect of HLA class I risk alleles on disease progression in various phases of subclinical islet autoimmunity in first-degree relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes.
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