Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UMLS:C0011854 (type 1 diabetes)
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The pathogenic mechanisms underlying Batten disease are unclear. Patients uniformly possess autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) that are predominantly reactive with a region of GAD (amino acids 1 to 20) distinct from subjects with autoimmune type 1 diabetes or stiff-person syndrome. Batten patients did not possess autoantibodies against other type 1 diabetes-associated autoantigens and human leukocyte antigen genotypes revealed no specific associations with this disease.
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PMID:Autoimmunity to glutamic acid decarboxylase in the neurodegenerative disorder Batten disease. 1572 8