Search for Genetic Modifiers of PSC: Time to Increase the Number of Needles in the Haystack
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 6
Abstract
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) belongs to the most obscure liver diseases. Patients with progressive PSC require liver transplantation as only therapeutic option. Previously several HLA- and non-HLA-associated PSC risk variants have been discovered, however their involvement in the development of PSC seems to be minor in comparison to environmental determinants. Lately, variant rs853974 at the RSPO3 gene locus has been shown to modulate the course of PSC. Here we briefly discuss the phenotypes related to this polymorphism and propose alternative directions of research that might help to identify new genetic modifiers of PSC progression.
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Marcin Krawczyk, Frank Lammert
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