A Genetic Variant in Long Non-Coding RNA HULC Contributes to Risk of HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Chinese Population

• Yao Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yao Liu, Shandong Pan

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Shandong Pan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yao Liu, Shandong Pan

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Li Liu,

  Affiliations Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital, Nantong, China, Institute of Digestive Endoscopy and Medical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Xiangjun Zhai,

  Affiliation Department of Infection Diseases, Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China

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• Jibin Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital, Nantong, China

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• Juan Wen,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Yixin Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital, Nantong, China

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• Jianguo Chen,

  Affiliation Qidong Liver Cancer Research Institute, Qidong, China

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• Hongbing Shen,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Zhibin Hu

  * E-mail: zhibin_hu@njmu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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