Diabetes, Vol 44, Issue 6 620-625, Copyright © 1995 by American Diabetes Association

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Insulin gene region-encoded susceptibility to IDDM maps upstream of the insulin gene

DE Undlien, ST Bennett, JA Todd, HE Akselsen, I Ikaheimo, H Reijonen, M Knip, E Thorsby and KS Ronningen
Institute of Transplantation Immunology, National Hospital of Norway, Oslo.

The gene region on chromosome 11p15.5 known to be involved in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) susceptibility was recently mapped to a 4.1-kilobase region including the insulin gene. The region contains 10 candidate polymorphisms that are in strong linkage disequilibrium. By genotyping 7 of these 10 polymorphisms and the tyrosine hydroxylase microsatellite in Finnish Caucasoid IDDM patients and control subjects, we demonstrate that many of the polymorphisms found to be associated with IDDM in other Caucasoid populations do not show any association in this Finnish population. Of the polymorphisms typed, only those at -23 Hph I and the variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) sites confer significant relative risk. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that the -23 Hph I polymorphism cannot explain the association. Comparison of the genotypic patterns observed here and previously suggests that the VNTR is the most likely candidate for IDDM2. The VNTR is located adjacent to defined regulatory DNA sequences affecting insulin gene expression, which suggests a possible effect on expression of insulin or one of the neighboring genes, tyrosine hydroxylase or insulin-like growth factor 2.
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