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Missense Variants in HIF1A and LACC1 Contribute to Leprosy Risk in Han Chinese.
American journal of human genetics - 3 May 2018
Wang Dong, Fan Yu, Malhi Mahadev, Bi Rui, Wu Yong, Xu Min, Yu Xiu-Feng, Long Heng, Li Yu-Ye, Zhang Deng-Feng, Yao Yong-Gang
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Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) and genome-wide linkage studies (GWLSs) have identified numerous risk genes affecting the susceptibility to leprosy. However, most of the reported GWAS hits are noncoding variants and account for only part of the estimated heritability for this disease. In order to identify additional risk genes and map the potentially functional variants within the GWAS loci, we performed...
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