Poster Session C - Monday Afternoon
Category: Small Intestine
Piet C. De Groen, MD
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Medical School
Rochester, MN
Type 1 Diabetes | Graves' Disease | Celiac Disease | |
Main GWAS signal | HLA | HLA | HLA |
Autoantigen GWAS signal | Insulin | TSHR | None? |
Amplifier GWAS signal in FinnGen Release 7 (top 3) Cases / Controls | Insulin PTPN22 HIST1H2BA 7,337 / 255,551 | TSHR PTPN22 CTLA4 1,421 / 231,654 | LPP SH2B3 CCR3 2,953 / 296,917 |
Antibodies against GWAS signal | Yes | Yes | No |
Germline mutations in autoantigen cause disease like AID | Yes | Yes | No |
Symptom prevention | No | No | Gluten-free diet |
Tissue affected by AID | Local cell destruction | Local cell activation | Inflammation small bowel mucosa |
Contact with external antigen | No | No | Yes - small bowel |
External antigen as cause of AID | No | No | Yes |