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ArticleDiabetologia2011

The threshold hypothesis: solving the equation of nurture vs nature in type 1 diabetes.

C Wasserfall, K Nead, C Mathews, M A Atkinson

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Article in Diabetologia, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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  8. De-coding genetic risk variants in type 1 diabetes.Immunology and cell biology · 2021
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  18. The pathogenesis and natural history of type 1 diabetes.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

C WasserfallDepartment of Pathology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610-0275, USA.
K Nead
C Mathews
M A Atkinson

Funding

Project 3P01AI042288 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Todd Michael Brusko · 1997 to 2026
$32.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS P01 AI042288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For more than 40 years, the contributions of nurture (i.e. the environment) and nature (i.e. genetics) have been touted for their aetiological importance in type 1 diabetes. Disappointingly, knowledge gains in these areas, while individually successful, have to a large extent occurred in isolation from each other. One reason underlying this divide is the lack of a testable model that simultaneously considers the contributions of genetic and environmental determinants in the formation of this and potentially other disorders that are subject to these variables. To address this void, we have designed a model based on the hypothesis that the aetiological influences of genetics and environment, when evaluated as intersecting and reciprocal trend lines based on odds ratios, result in a method of concurrently evaluating both facets and defining the attributable risk of clinical onset of type 1 diabetes. The model, which we have elected to term the 'threshold hypothesis', also provides a novel means of conceptualising the complex interactions of nurture with nature in type 1 diabetes across various geographical populations.

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EnvironmentModels, BiologicalAge FactorsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansIncidenceRisk Factors

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PMID21773685
PMCPMC7296551

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