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Identification of Genetic Susceptibility loci for Insulin‐Dependent Diabetes in sudan
Author(s) -
MAGZOUB M. M. A.,
STEPHENS H. A. F.,
GALE E. A. M.,
BOTTAZZO G. FRANCO
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3083
pISSN - 0300-9475
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1992.tb01649.x
Subject(s) - cohort , haplotype , allele , typing , human leukocyte antigen , diabetes mellitus , genetics , allele frequency , gene , biology , medicine , endocrinology , antigen
In this study we report, for the first time, the molecular analysis of HLA‐DR and DQ gene frequencies in a large cohort of well‐characterized type I (insulin‐dependent) diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients (n = 12), and ethnically matched controls (n = 59) collected in sub‐Saharan Africa. High molecular mass DNA was prepared and analysed in Southern blots and by oligonucleotide typing. We have shown a strong positive association between IDDM and the Asp 57‐ DQBl allele *0201 (DQw2). A rare DR4, DQw2 haplotype was also identified at high frequency in the IDDM cohort. We can now confirm that the association between Asp 57‐ DQBI alleles and IDDM, previously reported in ethnically diverse cohorts collected in Western Europe, North America, and South Asia, is also present in an IDDM cohort collected in Africa.