CD79A and type 1 diabetes mellitus: The expression of certain HLA molecules has been associated with the susceptibility to several autoimmune diseases, including celiac disease [6]–[9], multiple sclerosis [10], [11], Hashimoto thyroiditis [12], Graves disease [12], narcolepsy [13], selective immunoglobuline A (IGA) as well as common variable immunodeficiencies (CVI) [14], sarcoidosis [15], primary biliary cirrhosis [16], autoimmune [17] and viral [18] hepatitis, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) [12], [19], [20].