Genome-wide association study identifies 8p21.3 associated with persistent hepatitis B virus infection among Chinese

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a common infectious disease. Here we perform a genome-wide association study (GWAS) among Chinese populations to identify novel genetic loci involved in persistent HBV infection. GWAS scan is performed in 1,251 persistently HBV infected subjects (PIs, cases) and...

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Main Authors: Li, Yuanfeng, Si, Lanlan, Zhai, Yun, Hu, Yanling, Hu, Zhibin, Bei, Jin-Xin, Xie, Bobo, Ren, Qian, Cao, Pengbo, Yang, Fei, Song, Qingfeng, Bao, Zhiyu, Zhang, Haitao, Han, Yuqing, Wang, Zhifu, Chen, Xi, Xia, Xia, Yan, Hongbo, Wang, Rui, Zhang, Ying, Gao, Chengming, Meng, Jinfeng, Tu, Xinyi, Liang, Xinqiang, Cui, Ying, Liu, Ying, Wu, Xiaopan, Li, Zhuo, Wang, Huifen, Li, Zhaoxia, Hu, Bo, He, Minghui, Gao, Zhibo, Xu, Xiaobing, Ji, Hongzan, Yu, Chaohui, Sun, Yi, Xing, Baocai, Yang, Xiaobo, Zhang, Haiying, Tan, Aihua, Wu, Chunlei, Jia, Weihua, Li, Shengping, Zeng, Yi-Xin, Shen, Hongbing, He, Fuchu, Mo, Zengnan, Zhang, Hongxing, Zhou, Gangqiao
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895015/