Apolipoprotein E ε3 and ε4 are associated with a lower exposure to hepatitis E virus in American non-Hispanic blacks

Hepatology. 2016 Aug;64(2):687-8. doi: 10.1002/hep.28355. Epub 2016 Jan 5.

Authors

Sven Pischke¹, Johannes Hartl¹, Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso^{2

3

4}, Vincent Mallet^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ First Medical Center University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
² Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne, Paris Cité
³ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP) Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Port Royal Unité d'Hépatologie.
⁴ Institut Pasteur, Inserm, UMS20.
⁵ Université Paris Sud.
⁶ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP) Hôpital Paul Brousse Laboratoire de Virologie.
⁷ Inserm U1193.

PMID: 27098729
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28355

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Alleles
Apolipoprotein E3 / genetics*
Apolipoproteins E / genetics
Genotype
Hepatitis E virus*
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
United States

Substances

Apolipoprotein E3
Apolipoproteins E