Located in the HLA-DPB1 gene, the rs9277378(A) allele is reported in a study of ~800 Chinese patients as roughly doubling risk for the nasal type of extranodal natural killer T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL; CI:1.6-2.1, p=4·21 × 10e−19). This rare, aggressive malignancy occurs predominantly in Asian and Latin American populations.[PMID 27470079
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[PMID 24465836] Genetic association of human leukocyte antigens with chronicity or resolution of hepatitis B infection in thai population
[PMID 19116921] Different patterns of associations with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive and anti-citrullinated protein antibody-negative rheumatoid arthritis in the extended major histocompatibility complex region.
[PMID 23449268] HLA-DP and IL28B polymorphisms: influence of host genome on hepatitis B surface antigen seroclearance in chronic hepatitis B.
[PMID 27595289] Novel HLA-DP region susceptibility loci associated with severe acute GvHD.
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