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Association of common genetic variants in VEGFA with biliary atresia susceptibility in Northwestern Han Chinese.
Gene - 10 Sept 2017
Liu Bailing, Wei Jingli, Li Miao, Jiang Jue, Zhang Hui, Yang Li, Wu Haibin, Zhou Qi
Abstract excerpt
Biliary atresia (BA) is a major neonatal obliterative cholangiopathy, resulting in progressive cirrhosis. The gene VEGFA encodes a heparin-binding protein that is a regulator of angiogenesis and a mediator of inflammatory reactions, and accumulating evidence have indicated that VEGFA may play a possible role in the pathogenesis of BA. Our study aim was to evaluate the association of common variants within the...
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