Article
Association between chronic hepatitis B virus infection and HLA-DP gene polymorphisms in the Turkish population.
Virus research - 15 Mar 2017
Akgöllü Ersin, Bilgin Ramazan, Akkız Hikmet, Ülger Yakup, Kaya Berrin Yalınbaş, Karaoğullarından Ümit, Arslan Yusuf Kemal
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects approximately 360 million people worldwide. 10-15% of patients with chronic HBV develop liver cirrhosis (LC), liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Chronic HBV infection or HBV clearance is influenced by both viral and host factors. In genome-wide...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- HLA-DP beta-Chains
