HLA-DQA1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of chronic HBV carriers with or without HCC in Chinese populations reported that one SNP (rs17401966) in KIF1B, two SNPs (rs9272105 and rs455804) in HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and GRIK1, and two SNPs (rs7574865 and rs9275319) in STAT4 and HLA-DQ were associated with disease progression to HCC8–10.