Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17066517›Full record

ArticleYonsei medical journal2006

Intracellular antibody fragment against hepatitis B virus X protein does not inhibit viral replication.

Young-Hee Jin, Seung-Ho Hong, Kyongmin Kim, Ho Joon Shin, Sun Park

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Article in Yonsei medical journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Young-Hee JinDepartment of Microbiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5 Wonchon-dong Youngtong-gu, Suwon 443-749, Korea.
Seung-Ho Hong
Kyongmin Kim
Ho Joon Shin
Sun Park
Ajou University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replication of the hepatitis B virus is suppressed by deficiency of the X protein. Although several molecules that block cellular targets of X protein reduce the production of hepatitis B virus progeny, the effect of a specific inhibitor of X protein on viral replication has not been investigated. To block X protein specifically, we adopted an intracellular expression approach using H7 single chain variable fragment (H7scFv), an antibody fragment against X protein. We previously demonstrated that cytoplasmic expression of H7scFv inhibits X protein-induced tumorigenicity and transactivation. In this study, intracellular H7scFv expression inhibits reporter gene transactivation but not viral replication determined by endogenous hepatitis B virus polymerase activity assay and real-time PCR. Our findings imply that intracellular expression of antibody fragment against X protein may not be an alternative therapeutic modality for inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication.

Indexed as

Cell LineHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B virusImmunoglobulin Variable RegionTrans-ActivatorsViral Regulatory and Accessory ProteinsVirus ReplicationHepatitis B e Antigenshepatitis B virus X proteinImmunoglobulin Variable RegionTrans-ActivatorsViral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins

Identifiers

PMID17066517
PMCPMC2687759
OpenAlexW2109302646

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