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Amber M Luckett1, Gareth Hawkes1, Harry D Green1
1Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K.
Article Highlights:
There is variability in early-onset autoimmune diabetes presentation in individuals with monogenic autoimmunity; the mechanism(s) underlying this is unclear. We examined whether type 1 diabetes (T1D) polygenic risk contributes to clinical phenotype in monogenic autoimmune diabetes. Individuals with monogenic autoimmune diabetes had higher T1D genetic risk scores compared with control cohorts, driven largely by increased presence of T1D-risk DR3-DQ2 haplotype. Established T1D polygenic risk alleles, particularly class II HLA genes, contribute to clinical presentation in monogenic autoimmunity.
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