Sequencing of the second exon of the MHC class 11 DQ6 alleles in patients with type 1 diabetes

Michelle Rayner; Marilyn Kelly; Catherine Mijovic; Anthony Barnett

doi:10.1080/08916930290016637

Sequencing of the second exon of the MHC class 11 DQ6 alleles in patients with type 1 diabetes

Michelle Rayner
, Marilyn Kelly
, Catherine Mijovic
, Anthony Barnett

Birmingham Medical School

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The MHC class II molecule DQ6 is strongly associated with protection from type 1 diabetes. A small number of diabetic subjects have been typed as positive for DQ6, but it has been suggested that these individuals may possess a mutant form of the molecule, which is structurally altered in such a way as to abrogate its protective effect. In order to test this hypothesis, eight diabetic individuals positive for DQ6 were investigated. The second exons of the alleles encoding DQ6, DQA1*0102 and DQB1*0602, were sequenced using fluorescently labelled dideoxynucleotides. No mutations were found. This suggests that all the subjects possessed the "wild-type" second exons of the DQ6 alleles and, hence, that the protective effect associated with the antigen-binding domain of DQ6 is not absolute.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	155-157
Number of pages	3
Journal	Autoimmunity
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08916930290016637
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2002

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