“…Thirty-two of the SNPs were within 40 kb distance to 57 known genes. While 12 of these candidate genes have not been functionally characterized as yet, the majority have known functions in antiviral immune responses, apoptosis or other disease responses (Bokoch, 2005;Gibbs, Roelants, & O'Bryan, 2008;Zhu et al, 2019, see supplement for further information). Apoptosis of hepatocytes was found to be induced during RHD (Jung, Lee, Tai, Park, & Lee, 2000;Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej & Deptuła, 2012).…”