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Polymorphisms of CCL3L1/CCR5 genes and recurrence of hepatitis B in liver transplant recipients.
Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 1 Dec 2011
Li Hong, Xie Hai-Yang, Zhou Lin, Wang Wei-Lin, Liang Ting-Bo, Zhang Min, Zheng Shu-Sen
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BACKGROUND: The genetic diversity of chemokines and chemokine receptors has been associated with the outcome of hepatitis B virus infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the copy number variation in the CCL3L1 gene and the polymorphisms of CCR5Δ32 and CCR5-2459A→G (rs1799987) are associated with recurrent hepatitis B in liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus infection-related end-stage liver...
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