Nature Communications (May 2016)

Genome-wide association study identifies 8p21.3 associated with persistent hepatitis B virus infection among Chinese

  • Yuanfeng Li,
  • Lanlan Si,
  • Yun Zhai,
  • Yanling Hu,
  • Zhibin Hu,
  • Jin-Xin Bei,
  • Bobo Xie,
  • Qian Ren,
  • Pengbo Cao,
  • Fei Yang,
  • Qingfeng Song,
  • Zhiyu Bao,
  • Haitao Zhang,
  • Yuqing Han,
  • Zhifu Wang,
  • Xi Chen,
  • Xia Xia,
  • Hongbo Yan,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Chengming Gao,
  • Jinfeng Meng,
  • Xinyi Tu,
  • Xinqiang Liang,
  • Ying Cui,
  • Ying Liu,
  • Xiaopan Wu,
  • Zhuo Li,
  • Huifen Wang,
  • Zhaoxia Li,
  • Bo Hu,
  • Minghui He,
  • Zhibo Gao,
  • Xiaobing Xu,
  • Hongzan Ji,
  • Chaohui Yu,
  • Yi Sun,
  • Baocai Xing,
  • Xiaobo Yang,
  • Haiying Zhang,
  • Aihua Tan,
  • Chunlei Wu,
  • Weihua Jia,
  • Shengping Li,
  • Yi-Xin Zeng,
  • Hongbing Shen,
  • Fuchu He,
  • Zengnan Mo,
  • Hongxing Zhang,
  • Gangqiao Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11664
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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This genome-wide association study on persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among Chinese confirms previously associated genetic loci while discovering a novel protective locus at 8p21.3. The study also demonstrates the nearby gene INST10 suppresses HBV replication in vitro.