A common HLA-DPA1 variant is associated with hepatitis b virus infection but fails to distinguish active from inactive caucasian carriers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Vermehren, Johannes ^a   Lötsch, Jörn ^a   Susser, Simone ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^a   Berger, Annemarie ^a   Zeuzem, Stefan ^a   Sarrazin, Christoph ^a   Doehring, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DPA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DPA2 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA-DPA1 ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS CARRIER; ADULT; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA-DP ALPHA-CHAINS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84858625881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032605     Document Type: Article

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