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Associations of HLA-DP Variants with Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Southern and Northern Han Chinese Populations: A Multicenter Case-Control Study 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 Jin Li , Daguo Yang , Yongwen He , Mengyi Wang , Zirong Wen , Lifeng Liu , Jinjian Yao , Koichi 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 Matsuda , Yusuke Nakamura , Jinling Yu , Xiaorui Jiang , Shuzhen Sun , Qing Liu , Xiang Jiang , Qilong 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Song , Man Chen , Hong Yang , Feng Tang , Xiaowen Hu , Jing Wang , Ying Chang , Xingxing He , 4 1 Yuan Chen *, Jusheng Lin * 1 Institute of Liver Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 2 The Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, 3 Department of Infection Disease, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 4 Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 5 Qingdao Infectious Disease Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, 6 Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Abstract Background: Human leukocyte antigen DP (HLA-DP) locus has been reported to be associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in populations of Japan and Thailand. We aimed to examine whether the association can be replicated in Han Chinese populat