The membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain-containing 7 variant rs641738 increases inflammation and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
Khaled ThabetHenry Lik Yuen ChanSalvatore PettaAlessandra MangiaThomas BergAndre BoonstraWillem Pieter BrouwerMaria Lorena AbateVincent Wai-Sun WongMaiiada NazmyJanett FischerChristopher LiddleJacob GeorgeMohammed EslamPublished in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2017)
In patients with CHB, MBOAT7 rs641738 influences hepatic inflammation and fibrosis stage. (Hepatology 2017;65:1840-1850).