ISSN:
1744-313X
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
Notes:
We have studied the genotypic, haplotypic, and allelic distribution of germline Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) of T-cell receptor (Tcr) α, γ, and δ loci in 75 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients and 84 healthy blood donors as control population. The restriction endonuclease PvuII produces three allelic fragments of Tcr C-γ (TcrCG) gene segment of 16,13, and 11.3 Kb respectively. Our observations revealed that PvuII/TcrCG RFLP allelic distributions were not significantly different in the IDDM and the control group. However, 85% of IDDM patients carried HLA DR3 and/or DR4 haplotypes, and when comparing these patients with a second group of HLA DR3+ and/or DR4+ healthy individuals, the 11Kb/PvuII fragment of TcrCG gene was found to be associated with IDDM patients (χ= 11.4, P= 0.003). 54.9% of IDDM patients carried at least one 11.3 Kb allele vs. 21% in controls (χ= 10.77, P = 0.004). No significant association was found between RFLP in Tcr, Cα, Cδ, Vγ9 loci and IDDM.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-313X.1993.tb00151.x
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