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ReviewBiochemical Society transactions2008

Commonality in the genetic control of Type 1 diabetes in humans and NOD mice: variants of genes in the IL-2 pathway are associated with autoimmune diabetes in both species.

Dan B Rainbow, Laura Esposito, Sarah K Howlett, Kara M Hunter, John A Todd, Laurence B Peterson, Linda S Wicker

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Review in Biochemical Society transactions, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The type 1 diabetes susceptibility locusFrontiers in immunology · 2024
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  5. IL233, A Novel IL-2 and IL-33 Hybrid Cytokine, Ameliorates Renal Injury.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2017
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  15. Stem cells and a cure for type 1 diabetes?Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Dan B RainbowJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust (JDRF/WT) Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK.
Laura Esposito
Sarah K Howlett
Kara M Hunter
John A Todd
Laurence B Peterson
Linda S Wicker
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · CAMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · US

Funding

Role of Negative Costimulation in Regulation of AutoimmunityP01AI039671 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI David A. Hafler · 1996 to 2026
$51.7M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI039671Wellcome Trust 061859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Variants within the IL-2 (interleukin 2) and CD25 genes are associated with T1DM (Type 1 diabetes mellitus) in mice and humans respectively. Both gene products are essential for optimal immune tolerance and a partial failure to tolerize is linked to the autoimmune responses to insulin and other beta-cell proteins that precede T1DM onset. Gene variants that contribute to common disease susceptibility often alter gene expression only modestly. Small expression changes can be technically challenging to measure robustly, especially since biological variation usually contributes negatively to this goal. The present review focuses on allele-specific expression assays that can be used to quantify genotype-determined expression differences such as those observed for IL-2, where the susceptibility allele is transcribed 2-fold less than the resistance allele.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationAllelesAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1HumansInterleukin-2MiceMice, Inbred NODSpecies SpecificityInterleukin-2

Identifiers

PMID18481948
PMCPMC2590655
OpenAlexW1981841190

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