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Deletion of interleukin enhancer binding factor 2 (ILF2) resulted in defective biliary development and bile flow blockage
27 Jun 2020
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PURPOSE: Biliary atresia (BA) is a devastating obstructive bile duct disease of newborns. BA has the highest incidence in Asians (1/5000), and its pathogenesis is unclear. We identified BA-private rare copy number variants (CNVs; 22 duplications and 6 deletions). ILF2 gene locates in the chromosome region (Chr1:153410347-153,634,058) which was deleted in a nonsyndromic BA patient. However, it is still not known...
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