MBOAT7 rs641738 increases risk of liver inflammation and transition to fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

MBOAT7 rs641738 increases risk of liver inflammation and transition to fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

Cirrhosis likely shares common pathophysiological pathways despite arising from a variety of liver diseases. A recent GWAS identified rs641738, a polymorphism in the MBOAT7 locus, as being associated with the development of alcoholic cirrhosis. Here we explore the role of this variant on liver infla...

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Main Authors: Thabet, Khaled, Asimakopoulos, Anastasia, Shojaei, Maryam, Romero-Gomez, Manuel, Mangia, Alessandra, Irving, William L., Berg, Thomas, Dore, Gregory J., Grønbæk, Henning, Sheridan, David, Abate, Maria Lorena, Bugianesi, Elisabetta, Weltman, Martin, Mollison, Lindsay, Cheng, Wendy, Riordan, Stephen, Fischer, Janett, Spengler, Ulrich, Nattermann, Jacob, Wahid, Ahmed, Rojas, Angela, White, Rose, Douglas, Mark W., McLeod, Duncan, Powell, Elizabeth, Liddle, Christopher, van der Poorten, David, George, Jacob, Eslam, Mohammed, Gallego-Duran, Rocio, Applegate, Tanya, Bassendine, Margaret, Rosso, Chiara, Mezzabotta, Lavinia, Leung, Reynold, Malik, Barbara, Matthews, Gail, Grebely, Jason, Fragomeli, Vincenzo, Jonsson, Julie R., Santaro, Rosanna
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Subjects:
Genetics research; Hepatitis C; Liver fibrosis
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37769/

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