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In this study HLA-DQA1 and TNF genes in addition to HLA-DQB1 gene were investigated at DNA level for elucidation of the genetic backgrounds of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in Japanese subjects. DNA, amplified by polymerase chain reaction, was subjected to allele specific oligonucleotide dot blot analysis, restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis or DNA sequencing. Polymorphism of the TNF gene to NcoI did not correlate with Type 1 diabetes in Japanese patients. DQw1.2 had a protective effect against the disease, the DQA1*1 allele was significantly decreased and DQA1*3 allele was significantly increased. Seventeen out of twenty-two Type 1 diabetic patients (77%) were homozygous for DQA1*3 and five out of twenty-two (23%) heterozygous. The DQA1*3 gene of Type 1 diabetic patients had a normal nucleotide sequence. Furthermore, DQA1*3 was found unexpectedly in two patients without DR4 or DR9. These data indicate that DQA1 gene confers susceptibility and resistance to Type 1 diabetes in Japanese subjects.
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Yamagata, K., Hanafusa, T., Nakajima, H. et al. HLA-DQA1*1 contributes to resistance and A1*3 confers susceptibility to Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in Japanese subjects. Diabetologia 34, 133–136 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00500386
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