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SUBMITTER: Hai H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5605683 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hai Hoang H Tamori Akihiro A Thuy Le Thi Thanh LTT Yoshida Kanako K Hagihara Atsushi A Kawamura Etsushi E Uchida-Kobayashi Sawako S Morikawa Hiroyasu H Enomoto Masaru M Murakami Yoshiki Y Kawada Norifumi N
Scientific reports 20170919 1
Recently, the MICA rs2596542 and DEPDC5 rs1012068 variants in Japanese individuals as well as the HCP5 rs2244546 and PNPLA3 rs738409 variants in European individuals have been found associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present study determined which single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is the most predictive for developing hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related HCC in a Japanese cohort. Of the 4 SNPs analysed, only the MICA genotypes were significantly associated with development of HCC ...[more]