The Principal Genetic Determinants for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in China Involve the HLA Class I Antigen Recognition Groove

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial malignancy facilitated by Epstein-Barr Virus infection. Here we resolve the major genetic influences for NPC incidence using a genome-wide association study (GWAS), independent cohort replication, and high-resolution molecular HLA class I gene typing i...

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Main Authors: Tang, Minzhong, Lautenberger, James A., Gao, Xiaojiang, Sezgin, Efe, Hendrickson, Sher L., Troyer, Jennifer L., David, Victor A., Guan, Li, Mcintosh, Carl E., Guo, Xiuchan, Zheng, Yuming, Liao, Jian, Deng, Hong, Malasky, Michael, Kessing, Bailey, Winkler, Cheryl A., Carrington, Mary, dé The, Guy, Zeng, Yi, O'Brien, Stephen J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510037/