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The Role of ARF6 in Biliary Atresia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Ningappa Mylarappa, So Juhoon, Glessner Joseph, Ashokkumar Chethan, Ranganathan Sarangarajan, Min Jun, Higgs Brandon W, Sun Qing, Haberman Kimberly, Schmitt Lori, Vilarinho Silvia, Mistry Pramod K, Vockley Gerard, Dhawan Anil, Gittes George K, Hakonarson Hakon, Jaffe Ronald, Subramaniam Shankar, Shin Donghun, Sindhi Rakesh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Altered extrahepatic bile ducts, gut, and cardiovascular anomalies constitute the variable phenotype of biliary atresia (BA). METHODS: To identify potential susceptibility loci, Caucasian children, normal (controls) and with BA (cases) at two US centers were compared at >550000 SNP loci. Systems biology analysis was carried out on the data. In order to validate a key gene identified in the...
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