Cases with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in the UK, were part of the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) - http://www.wtccc.org.uk - that first reported in 2007:

Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (2007) Genome-wide association s...

The main objective of this GWA study is to identify Multiple Sclerosis (MS) susceptibility loci. Whole-genome association analysis was performed on 924 individuals genotyped on the Affymetrix 6.0 Genechip. The cohort consisted of 860 clinically diagnosed MS patients and 64 control subjects.