Open AccessRelationship between interleukin-6 polymorphism and susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Author(s) -
Xiaomiao Zhao,
Yufeng Gao,
Qin Zhou,
Faming Pan,
Li Xu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i40.6888
Subject(s) - single nucleotide polymorphism , genotype , hepatitis b virus , haplotype , biology , allele , genotyping , allele frequency , gene polymorphism , virology , medicine , immunology , virus , genetics , gene
To identify the relationship between tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tag SNPs) of interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene and susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in a Han Chinese population.