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R McGinnis1, W McLaren, V Ranganath
1Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK. rm2@sanger.ac.uk
Aim:
The aim of this study was to test chromosomes carrying the same DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 haplotype for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that might mark subgroups of the haplotype with different risks for type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Methods:
Chromosomes from T1D children, their parents and non-diabetic siblings in families of the Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium (T1DGC) were analysed by two haplotype-based methods: (i) logistic regression analysis restricted to phased chromosomes carrying the same DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 haplotype but differentiated by the two alleles at MHC SNPs, which were individually tested for association with T1D and (ii) homozygous parent transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) for biased transmission of a SNP allele to diabetic children from parents who are heterozygous at the SNP but homozygous for the specific DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 haplotype being evaluated.
Results:
A number of SNPs gave nominally significant (p < 0.05) evidence of marking two subsets of the 301-501-201 haplotype that might differ with respect to their diabetogenic potency. However, none of the SNPs achieved experiment-wide significance and hence may be false-positive associations.
Conclusions:
We discuss limitations and possible deficiencies of our study suggesting further work that might yield more robust SNP associations marking two subgroups of a DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 haplotype with different T1D risks.
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