The Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium.
The Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium (T1DGC) is an international, multicenter program organized to promote research to identify genes and their alleles that determine an individual's risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D). The primary goal of the T1DGC is to establish resources and data that can be used by, and that is fully accessible to, the research community in the study of T1D. All the information on T1DGC can be accessed at the following web address: http://www.t1dgc.org. A resource base of well-characterized families is being assembled that will facilitate the localization and characterization of T1D susceptibility genes. From these families, the T1DGC is establishing banks of DNA, serum, plasma, and cell lines, as well as useful databases. The T1DGC also sponsors training opportunities (bioinformatics) and technology transfer (HLA genotyping).
Rich
Stephen S
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Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. srich@wfubmc.edu
Concannon
Patrick
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Erlich
Henry
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Julier
Cecile
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Morahan
Grant
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Nerup
Jorn
J
Pociot
Flemming
F
Todd
John A
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D000483:Alleles; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D019295:Computational Biology; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D020407:Internet; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D018581:Technology Transfer
D006680:HLA Antigens