Epistatic Association of CD14 and NOTCH2 Genetic Polymorphisms with Biliary Atresia in a Southern Chinese Population

• Main Authors: Zefeng Lin (Author), Xiaoli Xie (Author), Huiting Lin (Author), Ming Fu (Author), Liang Su (Author), Yanlu Tong (Author), Hongjiao Chen (Author), Hezhen Wang (Author), Jinglu Zhao (Author), Huimin Xia (Author), Yan Zhang (Author), Ruizhong Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cause of endstage liver disease in infants with poor prognosis and high mortality. The etiology of BA is still unknown, but the genetic factors have been considered as an important player in BA. We investigated the association of two cis-regulated variants in...