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SUBMITTER: Sy BT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5768943 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sy Bui Tien BT Hoan Nghiem Xuan NX Tong Hoang Van HV Meyer Christian G CG Toan Nguyen Linh NL Song Le Huu LH Bock Claus-Thomas CT Velavan Thirumalaisamy P TP
World journal of gastroenterology 20180101 2
<h4>Aim</h4>To investigate possible effects of <i>IRF5</i> polymorphisms in the 3' UTR region of the <i>IFR5</i> locus on susceptibility to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and progression of liver diseases among clinically classified Vietnamese patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Four <i>IFR5</i> SNPs (rs13242262A/T, rs77416878C/T, rs10488630A/G, and rs2280714T/C) were genotyped in clinically classified HBV patients [chronic hepatitis B (CHB). <i>n</i> = 99; liver cirrhosis (LC), <i>n</i> = 131; hepatoce ...[more]