title: Relation of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDD) and the HLA-linked SB system.
abstract: This report deals with the question of the susceptibility for IDD association with the recently described HLA-linked SB system. The SB system is located centromeric of HLA-DR between HLA-DR and GLO. At present five specificities of the SB system, which behave as alleles, can be recognized. A total of 40 IDD patients and 96 normal controls were characterized for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR and SB antigens. Our results confirmed the strong positive association of IDD with HLA-DR3 and -DR4 and the negative association of IDD with HLA-DR2. The genetic analysis of the SB system and IDD, however, demonstrated no significant association between alleles of SB and susceptibility for IDD. The analysis of association between alleles of HLA-DR and SB revealed no significant linkage disequilibrium in IDD patients and a significant linkage disequilibrium between SB1 and HLA-DR3 in the controls. These results suggest that the genes associated with susceptibility for IDD are primarily coded for telomeric of SB and tightly linked with HLA-DR.
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II