HLA-DQB1*03 Confers Susceptibility to Chronic Hepatitis C in Japanese: A Genome-Wide Association Study

Genome-Wide Association Study of Spontaneous Resolution of Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Data From Multiple Cohorts

(2013) Priya Duggal et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

A variant upstream of IFNL3 (IL28B) creating a new interferon gene IFNL4 is associated with impaired clearance of hepatitis C virus

(2013) Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Impact of interleukin-28B genotype on in vitro and in vivo systems of hepatitis C virus replication

(2012) Kazuaki Chayama et al.   HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Japan: update on therapy and guidelines

(2012) Kazuaki Chayama et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Genetic variants in STAT4 and HLA-DQ genes confer risk of hepatitis B virus–related hepatocellular carcinoma

(2012) De-Ke Jiang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A genome-wide association study of chronic hepatitis B identified novel risk locus in a Japanese population

(2011) Hamdi Mbarek et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

IL-28B predicts response to chronic hepatitis C therapy - fine-mapping and replication study in Asian populations

(2011) H. Ochi et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for HCV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

(2011) Vinod Kumar et al.   NATURE GENETICS

HLA Class II Alleles and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

(2011) L. O. F. Cangussu et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Genetic Variation in IL28B Is Associated With Chronic Hepatitis C and Treatment Failure: A Genome-Wide Association Study

(2010) Andri Rauch et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Predictive value of the IL28B polymorphism on the effect of interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients with genotypes 2a and 2b

(2010) Tomokazu Kawaoka et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Variants in interferon-alpha pathway genes and response to pegylated interferon-Alpha2a plus ribavirin for treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the hepatitis C antiviral long-term treatment against cirrhosis trial

(2009) Tania Mara Welzel et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Absence of viral interference and different susceptibility to interferon between hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in human hepatocyte chimeric mice

(2009) Nobuhiko Hiraga et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

The global burden of hepatitis C

(2009) Daniel Lavanchy   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus

(2009) David L. Thomas et al.   NATURE

A genome-wide association study identifies variants in the HLA-DP locus associated with chronic hepatitis B in Asians

(2009) Yoichiro Kamatani et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Japanese Population Structure, Based on SNP Genotypes from 7003 Individuals Compared to Other Ethnic Groups: Effects on Population-Based Association Studies

(2008) Yumi Yamaguchi-Kabata et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

PGA: power calculator for case-control genetic association analyses

(2008) Idan Menashe et al.   BMC GENETICS

Balancing selection and heterogeneity across the classical human leukocyte antigen loci: A meta-analytic review of 497 population studies

(2008) Owen D. Solberg et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY