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Risk alleles for chronic hepatitis B are associated with decreased mRNA expression of HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1 in normal human liver.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2011
O'Brien T R, Kohaar I, Pfeiffer R M, Maeder D, Yeager M, Schadt E E, Prokunina-Olsson L
Abstract excerpt
A genome-wide association study identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs3077 and rs9277535 located in the 3' untranslated regions of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1, respectively, as the independent variants most strongly associated with chronic hepa...
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