title: The Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. srich@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Concannon
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erlich
authors.forename: Cecile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Julier
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morahan
authors.forename: Jorn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nerup
authors.forename: Flemming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pociot
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Todd
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens