| Literature DB >> 15004560 |
Nunzio Bottini1, Lucia Musumeci, Andres Alonso, Souad Rahmouni, Konstantina Nika, Masoud Rostamkhani, James MacMurray, Gian Franco Meloni, Paola Lucarelli, Maurizio Pellecchia, George S Eisenbarth, David Comings, Tomas Mustelin.
Abstract
We report that a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the gene (PTPN22) encoding the lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase (LYP), a suppressor of T-cell activation, is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). The variants encoded by the two alleles, 1858C and 1858T, differ in a crucial amino acid residue involved in association of LYP with the negative regulatory kinase Csk. Unlike the variant encoded by the more common allele 1858C, the variant associated with T1D does not bind Csk.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15004560 DOI: 10.1038/ng1323
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330