title: Linkage of the VNTR/insulin-gene and type I diabetes mellitus: increased gene sharing in affected sibling pairs.
abstract: Ninety-six multiplex type I diabetic families were typed at the 5' flanking region of the insulin gene by using a PCR assay that better resolves the VNTR into multiple alleles. Affected sibling pairs shared 2, 1, and 0 VNTR alleles--identical by descent--at a frequency of .47, .45, and .08, respectively, a ratio that deviated from the expected 1:2:1 ratio (P < .001). These results confirm linkage of the chromosome 11p15.5 region with type I diabetes mellitus susceptibility.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Owerbach
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Gabbay
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D002648:Child; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009679:Nuclear Family; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D007328:Insulin