Association of polymorphism rs1053005 in STAT3 with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Han Chinese population

• Main Authors: Man Li (Author), Fang Li (Author), Na Li (Author), Jiao Sang (Author), Xiude Fan (Author), Huan Deng (Author), Xiaoge Zhang (Author), Qunying Han (Author), Yi Lv (Author), Zhengwen Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is involved in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The association between polymorphism rs1053005 and haplotypes formed by rs1053004 and rs1053005 in the 3'UTR of STAT3 a...