Chromosome 6

SCA1. Degeneration of the cerebellum leads to loss of muscle coordination in patients with spinocerebellar atrophy IMAGE CREDIT: Kevin Roth and Robert Schmidt, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA. IDDM1. Juvenile onset diabetes, in which the body's own T lymphocytes infiltrate and destroy insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells, is associated with the major histocompatibility complex IMAGE CREDIT: A. Cooke and John Todd, Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK.