Furthermore, of the total 66 amino acids positions, 29 were identified at HLA-DQβ1 (9, 13, 26, 28, 30, 37, 45, 46, 47, 52, 53, 55, 57, 66, 67, 70, 71, 74, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 125, 167, 203, 220, 221), and were associated with T1D. The gene discussed is HLA-DQB1; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.