Genetic association stratified by HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR4 status reveals heterogeneity in pathways of progression to type 1 diabetes.
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS There are substantial differences in the clinical presentation of type 1 diabetes depending on the first-developing autoantibody, although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. The DR3-DQ2 (DR3) and DR4-DQ8 (DR4) haplotypes at the MHC locus associate with GADA and IAA as the first-developing...