Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Authors
Cui S, Devoto M, EauClaire SF, Glessner JT, Haber BA, Hakonarson H, Leyva-Vega M, Matthews RP, Spinner NB, Tsai EA
Cui S, Leyva-Vega M, Tsai EA, EauClaire SF, Glessner JT, Hakonarson H, Devoto M, Haber BA, Spinner NB, Matthews RP. Evidence from human and zebrafish that GPC1 is a biliary atresia susceptibility gene. Gastroenterology 2013 May;144(5):1107-1115.e3. Epub 2013 Jan 18.
Abstract
Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive fibroinflammatory disorder of infants involving the extrahepatic and intrahepatic biliary tree. Its etiology is unclear but is believed to involve exposure of a genetically susceptible individual to certain environmental factors. BA occurs exclusively in the neonatal liver, so variants of genes expressed during hepatobiliary development could affect susceptibility. Genome-wide association studies previously identified a potential region of interest at 2q37. We continued these studies to narrow the region and identify BA susceptibility genes.