Lue Ping Zhao, George K Papadopoulos, Jay S Skyler, Alberto Pugliese, Hemang M Parikh, William W Kwok, Terry P Lybrand, George P Bondinas, Antonis K Moustakas, Ruihan Wang, Chul-Woo Pyo, Wyatt C Nelson, Daniel E Geraghty, Åke Lernmark
OBJECTIVE: To explore associations of HLA class II genes (HLAII) with the progression of islet autoimmunity from asymptomatic to symptomatic type 1 diabetes (T1D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Next-generation targeted sequencing was used to genotype eight HLAII genes (DQA1, DQB1, DRB1, DRB3, DRB4, DRB5, DPA1, DPB1) in 1,216 participants from the Diabetes Prevention Trial-1 and Randomized Diabetes Prevention Trial with Oral Insulin sponsored by TrialNet. By the linkage disequilibrium, DQA1 and DQB1 are haplotyped to form DQ haplotypes; DP and DR haplotypes are similarly constructed...
March 18, 2024: Diabetes Care