This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/jgm.3172 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Akgöllü Ersin (Orcid ID: 0000-0003-3636-401X) Title: Evaluation of Forkhead Box P3 Gene Polymorphisms in Chronic HBV Infection Short Running Title: FOXP3 gene polymorphisms in HBV Infection Ersin AKGÖLLÜ 1,* 1 Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Turkey Email address of author: Ersin Akgöllü (ersin0571@gmail.com), ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3636-401X Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Acknowledgement The author thanks all the patients who participated in this study. Funding: There were no funding sources supporting the work. Informed Consent: The present study was confirmed by the Ethics Committee of Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey (The number and date of ethical approval: 49 and 9 January 2016, respectively). Data Availability Statement: Data sharing is not appropriate for ethical reasons. * Corresponding author at: Ersin AKGÖLLÜ. Dr. Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Adana, Turkey Phone: +90 322 3386060; Fax:+90 322 3386900 E-mail address: ersin0571@gmail.com Abbreviations: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), Confidence interval (CI), liver cirrhosis (LC), Forkhead Box P3 (FOXP3), Real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B core