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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the possible role of cytosolic low-molecular-weight protein-tyrosine-phosphatase (cLMWPTP or acid phosphatase locus 1 [ACP1]) in the mediation of age at onset of type 1 diabetes. ACP1 is an enzyme involved in signal transduction of T-cell receptors, insulin, and other growth factor receptors. We studied acid phosphatase polymorphism in 189 consecutive children with type 1 diabetes admitted to the Pediatric Clinic of Sassari University (Sardinia) and in 86 adolescent patients with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes from continental Italy. In both populations, females with medium-high activity acid phosphatase genotypes had onset of disease significantly earlier than males. The data suggest that acid phosphatase genotype affects the age of onset and probably also the sex ratio in type 1 diabetes. Sex hormones might modulate the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes, through the influence of signal transduction pathways involved in immune functions. Elucidation of the molecular basis for gender differences in the course and severity of type 1 diabetes could have important implications for treatment as well, because there might be gender-specific effects in the response to immunotherapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0026-0495
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
419-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Italy, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Receptor, Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Receptors, Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Sex Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:11912546-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Genotypes of cytosolic low-molecular-weight protein-tyrosine-phosphatase correlate with age at onset of type 1 diabetes in a sex-specific manner.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't