Interleukin 12 and autoimmune diabetes
- PMID: 11175771
- DOI: 10.1038/84732
Interleukin 12 and autoimmune diabetes
Abstract
Interleukin 12 (IL-12) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse. Following this lead, a new locus associated with human type 1 diabetes, IDDM18, has been identified near the gene encoding the p40 subunit of interleukin 12 (IL12B). This finding has potential implications for the prediction of at-risk individuals and, perhaps, for the implementation of prevention strategies relevant to several autoimmune diseases.
Comment on
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Linkage disequilibrium of a type 1 diabetes susceptibility locus with a regulatory IL12B allele.Nat Genet. 2001 Feb;27(2):218-21. doi: 10.1038/84872. Nat Genet. 2001. PMID: 11175794