In contrast, we found that RELA/11q13 and LPP/3q28 were associated with GADA loss, but no SNPs studied were associated with IA-2A loss, the minor allele of IFIH1/2q24 (major allele confers risk for diabetes) was negatively associated with GADA loss, and RELA/11q13 was weakly negatively associated with ZnT8A loss. Here, RELA is linked to diabetes mellitus.