The loci identified included SNPs in immune response genes linked to autoimmune diseases including Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, and T1D (CD5, CCL2, IL23R, CD86, HLA, C11ORF30-LRRC32, CLEC16A) [30–32]. This evidence concerns the gene CCL2 and type 1 diabetes mellitus.