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A novel variant marking HLA-DP expression levels predicts recovery from hepatitis B virus infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2012
Thomas Rasmi, Thio Chloe L, Apps Richard, Qi Ying, Gao Xiaojiang, Marti Darlene, Stein Judy L, Soderberg Kelly A, Moody M Anthony, Goedert James J, Kirk Gregory D, Hoots W Keith, Wolinsky Steven, Carrington Mary
Abstract excerpt
Variants near the HLA-DP gene show the strongest genome-wide association with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and HBV recovery/persistence in Asians. To test the effect of the HLA-DP region on outcomes to HBV infection, we sequenced the polymorphic HLA-DPB1 and DPA1 coding exons and the corresponding 3' untranslated regions (3'UTRs) in 662 individuals of European-American and African-American ancestry....
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