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ArticleHepatitis research and treatment2010

Therapeutic vaccination in chronic hepatitis B: preclinical studies in the woodchuck.

Anna D Kosinska, Ejuan Zhang, Mengji Lu, Michael Roggendorf

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Article in Hepatitis research and treatment, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna D KosinskaInstitute for Virology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstra β e 179, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Ejuan Zhang
Mengji Lu
Michael Roggendorf
University of Duisburg-Essen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recommended treatment of chronic hepatitis B with interferon-α and/or nucleos(t)ide analogues does not lead to a satisfactory result. Induction of HBV-specific T cells by therapeutic vaccination or immunotherapies may be an innovative strategy to overcome virus persistence. Vaccination with commercially available HBV vaccines in patients did not result in effective control of HBV infection, suggesting that new formulations of therapeutic vaccines are needed. The woodchuck (Marmota monax) is a useful preclinical model for developing the new therapeutic approaches in chronic hepadnaviral infections. Several innovative approaches combining antiviral treatments with nucleos(t)ide analogues, DNA vaccines, and protein vaccines were tested in the woodchuck model. In this paper we summarize the available data concerning therapeutic immunization and gene therapy using recombinant viral vectors approaches in woodchucks, which show encouraging results. In addition, we present potential innovations in immunomodulatory strategies to be evaluated in this animal model.

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PMID21188201
PMCPMC3003998
OpenAlexW1989201662

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