Rs2040410

People with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotype DRB1*0301-DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201/DRB1*04-DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 (more simply known as "DR3/4-DQ8") are at the highest risk of developing type-1 diabetes.

The rs2040410(A) allele is associated with DRB1*0301, and the rs7454108(C) allele is associated with DQB1*0302.

Instead of more traditional antibody-based tests, two SNPs (rs2040410 and rs7454108) can be used to identify the presence or absence of the DR3/4-DQ8 genotype and thus the highest-risk heterozygous genotype associated with type-1 diabetes. For users of Promethease, this is determined via Gs121.

Separately, rs2040410 is associated with type-1 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Nature

Different patterns of associations with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive and anti-citrullinated protein antibody-negative rheumatoid arthritis in the extended major histocompatibility complex region.

Haplotype-based search for SNPs associated with differential type 1 diabetes risk among chromosomes carrying a specific HLA DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 haplotype.

MHC fine mapping of human type 1 diabetes using the T1DGC data.

Variation in the ATP-binding cassette transporter 2 gene is a separate risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosus within the MHC.