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Functional variants regulating LGALS1 (Galectin 1) expression affect human susceptibility to influenza A(H7N9).
Scientific reports - 17 Feb 2015
Chen Yu, Zhou Jie, Cheng Zhongshan, Yang Shigui, Chu Hin, Fan Yanhui, Li Cun, Wong Bosco Ho-Yin, Zheng Shufa, Zhu Yixin, Yu Fei, Wang Yiyin, Liu Xiaoli, Gao Hainv, Yu Liang, Tang Linglin, Cui Dawei, Hao Ke, Bossé Yohan, Obeidat Ma'en, Brandsma Corry-Anke, Song You-Qiang, To Kelvin Kai-Wang, Sham Pak Chung, Yuen Kwok-Yung, Li Lanjuan
Abstract excerpt
The fatality of avian influenza A(H7N9) infection in humans was over 30%. To identify human genetic susceptibility to A(H7N9) infection, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) involving 102 A(H7N9) patients and 106 heavily-exposed healthy poultry workers, a sample size critically restricted by the small number of human A(H7N9) cases. To tackle the stringent significance cutoff of GWAS, we utilized an...
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