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August 12, 2025

Genome-Wide Aggregated Trans Effects Analysis for Circulating Proteins Indicates a Key Role of Immune Checkpoints in Type 1 Diabetes.

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XZXuan ZhouAIAndrii IakovlievSMStuart J. McGurnaghan

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Genome-wide analysis identifies immune checkpoint proteins linked to type 1 diabetes, suggesting new drug targets.

Key Points

  • Core analysis revealed 27 proteins linked to type 1 diabetes, with immune checkpoints being significant.
  • Proteins PDCD1, CD5, TIGIT, and LAG3 showed strong associations across multiple cohorts.
  • Research utilized data from over 400,000 controls and nearly 7,000 cases to draw associations.
  • Results suggest potential for PDCD1 agonists in type 1 diabetes prevention based on genetic findings.

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Zhou et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689e03e0d61984b91e13ce6fhttps://doi.org/10.2337/db25-0067
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