Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with HLA, IL12A, and IL12RB2 variants

  • Gideon M Hirschfield
  • , Xiangdong Liu
  • , Chun Xu
  • , Yue Lu
  • , Gang Xie
  • , Yan Lu
  • , Xiangjun Gu
  • , Erin J Walker
  • , Kaiyan Jing
  • , Brian D Juran
  • , Andrew L Mason
  • , Robert P Myers
  • , Kevork M Peltekian
  • , Cameron N Ghent
  • , Catalina Coltescu
  • , Elizabeth J Atkinson
  • , E Jenny Heathcote
  • , Konstantinos N Lazaridis
  • , Christopher I Amos
  • , Katherine A Siminovitch

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Abstract

Primary biliary cirrhosis is a chronic granulomatous cholangitis, characteristically associated with antimitochondrial antibodies. Twin and family aggregation data suggest that there is a significant genetic predisposition to primary biliary cirrhosis, but the susceptibility loci are unknown.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2544-55
Number of pages12
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume360
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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