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Genetic association between functional haplotype of collagen type III alpha 1 and chronic hepatitis B and cirrhosis in Koreans.
Tissue antigens - 1 Dec 2008
Lee S K, Yi C-H, Kim M-H, Cheong J Y, Cho S W, Yang S-J, Kwack K
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Collagen type III alpha 1 (COL3A1) is one of the extracelluar matrix (ECM) proteins. The expression of COL3A1 is closely related to chronic liver diseases. In this study, we investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of COL3A1 confer genetic susceptibility to patients with hepatitis B virus-infected liver diseases including chronic hepatitis B (CH), liver cirrhosis (CIR), and hepatocellular...
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