Insulin gene/IDDM2 locus in Japanese type 1 diabetes:: Contribution of class I alleles and influence of class I subdivision in susceptibility to type 1 diabetes
Insulin gene/IDDM2 locus in Japanese type 1 diabetes:: Contribution of class I alleles and influence of class I subdivision in susceptibility to type 1 diabetes
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DOI:
10.1210/jc.2006-2242
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发表时间:
2007-05-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Katayama, Shigehiro
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作者:
Awata, Takuya;Kawasaki, Eiji;Katayama, Shigehiro
Context: It is suggested that insulin autoimmunity plays an important role in the development of type 1 diabetes in humans. However, the association between insulin gene ( INS) region ( IDDM2) and type 1 diabetes has been uncertain in Asians.Objective: A multicenter collaboration study was conducted to clarify the role of the IDDM2 region in Japan.Subjects and Methods: In total, 661 patients with type 1 diabetes and 706 control subjects were enrolled. The INS variable number of tandem repeat ( VNTR) class I/class III status was estimated by genotyping the -3 HphI single nucleotide polymorphism. From surrounding polymorphisms across the insulin gene, we also inferred haplotypes bearing INS VNTR lineages.Results: The frequency of the class I allele was 99.3% in patients and 96.7% in controls ( P < 10(-5)), and the class I/III or III/III genotype was found in 1.4% of patients and in 6.4% of controls [ odds ratio ( OR) 0.20, P < 10(-5)]. The class I subdivision revealed IC to increase significantly in patients with type 1 diabetes ( P = 0.002), whereas ID did not; the distribution of IC and ID was significantly different between patients and controls ( P = 0.014).Conclusion: The present study certainly shows that the IDDM2 region is also a susceptibility locus in the Japanese population. Furthermore, it was revealed that IC may be more susceptible to type 1 diabetes than ID, which could be evidence that the INS VNTR itself confers susceptibility to type 1 diabetes.