rs1944919 on chromosome 11q23.1 and its effector genes COLCA1/COLCA2 confer susceptibility to primary biliary cholangitis

Abstract Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic, progressive cholestatic liver disease in which intrahepatic bile ducts are destroyed by an autoimmune reaction. Our previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified chromosome 11q23.1 as a susceptibility gene locus for PBC in the Japan...

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Main Authors: Yuki Hitomi, Yoshihiro Aiba, Yosuke Kawai, Kaname Kojima, Kazuko Ueno, Nao Nishida, Minae Kawashima, Olivier Gervais, Seik-Soon Khor, Masao Nagasaki, Katsushi Tokunaga, Minoru Nakamura, Makoto Tsuiji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84042-x