In 2007, Lowe et al., 2007, based on resequencing of the interleukin 2 alpha receptor gene IL2RA, identified an association between two independent groups of SNPs covering regions of 14 and 40 kilobase pairs, including intron 1 of the IL2RA gene and the 5′-regions of the IL2RA and RBM17 genes in individuals with T1DM. The gene discussed is IL2RA; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.