Genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with risk of HBV infection and disease progression

• Main Authors: Zheng Zeng (Author), Hankui Liu (Author), Huifang Xu (Author), Haiying Lu (Author), Yanyan Yu (Author), Xiaoyuan Xu (Author), Min Yu (Author), Tao Zhang (Author), Xiulan Tian (Author), Hongli Xi (Author), Liping Guan (Author), Jianguo Zhang (Author), Stephen J. O'Brien (Author), the HBVstudy consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Recent studies have identified susceptibility genes of HBV clearance, chronic hepatitis B, liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and showed the host genetic factors play an important role in these HBV-related outcomes. Methods Collected samples from different outcomes of HBV...