Associations of HLA-DP variants with hepatitis B virus infection in southern and northern Han Chinese populations: a multicenter case-control study.

<h4>Background</h4>Human leukocyte antigen DP (HLA-DP) locus has been reported to be associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in populations of Japan and Thailand. We aimed to examine whether the association can be replicated in Han Chinese populations.<h4>Methodology/prin...

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Main Authors: Jin Li, Daguo Yang, Yongwen He, Mengyi Wang, Zirong Wen, Lifeng Liu, Jinjian Yao, Koichi Matsuda, Yusuke Nakamura, Jinling Yu, Xiaorui Jiang, Shuzhen Sun, Qing Liu, Xiang Jiang, Qilong Song, Man Chen, Hong Yang, Feng Tang, Xiaowen Hu, Jing Wang, Ying Chang, Xingxing He, Yuan Chen, Jusheng Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21904616/pdf/?tool=EBI