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Replicated association of 17q12-21 with susceptibility of primary biliary cirrhosis in a Japanese cohort.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 2011
Tanaka A, Invernizzi P, Ohira H, Kikuchi K, Nezu S, Kosoy R, Seldin M F, Gershwin M E, Takikawa H
Abstract excerpt
To examine the genetics of susceptibility to primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), genome-wide association studies GWAS have been performed in patients of European ancestry and have shown the significant associations of IL12-related pathways, SPIB, IRF5-TNPO3, and 17q12-21. We tested whether these findings could be extended to a Japanese cohort, 303 Japanese PBC and 298 controls. We failed to detect significant...
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