Article
A genome-wide association study identified new variants associated with the risk of chronic hepatitis B.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Oct 2013
Kim Yoon Jun, Kim Hwi Young, Lee Jeong-Hoon, Yu Su Jong, Yoon Jung-Hwan, Lee Hyo-Suk, Kim Chung Yong, Cheong Jae Youn, Cho Sung Won, Park Neung Hwa, Park Byung Lae, Namgoong Seok, Kim Lyoung Hyo, Cheong Hyun Sub, Shin Hyoung Doo
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the predominant risk factor for chronic hepatitis B (CHB), liver cirrhosis (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, several genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of CHB identified human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci, including HLA-DP and...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Asian People
- Case-Control Studies
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Hepatitis B, Chronic
- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
- Humans