Tissue transglutaminase autoantibodies in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes are related to human leukocyte antigen but not to islet autoantibodies: A Swedish nationwide prospective population-based cohort study.
Mara Cerqueiro BybrantLena GrahnquistEva ÖrtqvistCecilia AnderssonGun ForsanderHelena Elding LarssonÅke LernmarkJohnny LudvigssonClaude MarcusAnnelie CarlssonSten A IvarssonPublished in: Autoimmunity (2018)
tTGA at T1D diagnosis (both positive and borderline values 5.4%) was higher in girls and in children homozygous for DQ2/2, followed by children heterozygous for DQ2. Only children with DQ2 and/or DQ8 had tTGA. HLA typing at the diagnosis of T1D can help to identify those without risk for CD.