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Gene Pair: IL2, IDDM2

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#	PMID	Sentence
1	2644144	The interleukin 2 (IL-2)-receptor expression was significantly increased in IDDM patients compared with control subjects, although the single values were low: patients, 2.02 +/- 0.41%; controls, 0.88 +/- 0.25% (means +/- SE).
2	2644144	Circulating levels of soluble IL-2 receptor were also significantly increased in IDDM patients compared with controls: patients, 372.3 +/- 25.4 U/ml; controls, 235.5 +/- 29.3 U/ml (means +/- SE).
3	1914257	We have previously reported that T cells from the majority of patients with IDDM produced decreased levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) following activation with phytohemagglutinin.
4	1934594	In the present study we have measured IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) (using both immunoassays and bioassays) in sera from 50 patients affected by IDDM at the time of clinical diagnosis and 51 age and sex matched controls.
5	8056185	These results suggest that in recent onset IDDM, IL-2 receptor-positive circulating T cells require an IL-2 supply.