HLA alleles, especially amino-acid signatures of HLA-DPB1, might contribute to the molecular pathogenesis of early-onset autoimmune thyroid disease

• Dong-Hwan Shin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• In-Cheol Baek,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• Hyung Jae Kim,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• Eun-Jeong Choi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• Moonbae Ahn,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• Min Ho Jung,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• Byung-Kyu Suh,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• Won Kyoung Cho ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: wendy626@catholic.ac.kr (WKC); kimtg@catholic.ac.kr (TGK)

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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• Tai-Gyu Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  * E-mail: wendy626@catholic.ac.kr (WKC); kimtg@catholic.ac.kr (TGK)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2226-2138

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