A genome-wide association study identifies variants in the HLA-DP locus associated with chronic hepatitis B in Asians

Nature Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-595

  Kamatani, Yoichiro ^a   Wattanapokayakit, Sukanya ^b   Ochi, Hidenori ^c,d   Kawaguchi, Takahisa ^c   Takahashi, Atsushi ^c   Hosono, Naoya ^c   Kubo, Michiaki ^c   Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko ^c   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^c   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^e   Puseenam, Aekkachai ^f   Sura, Thanyachai ^f   Daigo, Yataro ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^c,d   Chantratita, Wasun ^f   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a,c   Matsuda, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 67349160018     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.348     Document Type: Article

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