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Evidence from human and zebrafish that GPC1 is a biliary atresia susceptibility gene.
Gastroenterology - 1 May 2013
Cui Shuang, Leyva-Vega Melissa, Tsai Ellen A, EauClaire Steven F, Glessner Joseph T, Hakonarson Hakon, Devoto Marcella, Haber Barbara A, Spinner Nancy B, Matthews Randolph P
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive fibroinflammatory disorder of infants involving the extrahepatic and intrahepatic biliary tree. Its etiology is unclear but is believed to involve exposure of a genetically susceptible individual to certain environmental factors. BA occurs exclusively in the neonatal liver, so variants of genes expressed during hepatobiliary development could affect...
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