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ReviewJournal of gastroenterology2011

Future aspects of therapy for hepatitis B virus infection: value of surrogate markers, innovative therapy, and global collaboration.

Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar, Maumn Al-Mahtab, Yoichi Hiasa

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Review in Journal of gastroenterology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Immune therapies against chronic hepatitis B.Journal of gastroenterology · 2022
    Review
  2. Immune therapy for hepatitis B.Annals of translational medicine · 2016
    Review
  3. Designing immune therapy for chronic hepatitis B.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sheikh Mohammad Fazle AkbarDepartment of Medical Sciences, Toshiba General Hospital, Higashi Oi 6-3-22, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-8522, Japan. sheikh.akbar@po.toshiba.co.jp
Maumn Al-Mahtab
Yoichi Hiasa

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both optimism and frustration exist regarding therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Due to the recent advent of several drugs with potent antiviral capacities and comparatively low rates of adverse effects, considerable optimism has developed regarding the treatment of these patients. Chronic hepatitis B is now a treatable disease, and suppression of hepatitis B virus replication, normalization of alanine aminotransferase levels, seronegativity/seroconversion of hepatitis B e antigen and hepatitis B surface antigen, and decreased hepatic inflammation and liver fibrosis have been documented in chronic hepatitis B virus-infected patients treated with antiviral therapy. In contrast, many frustrations regarding antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B have arisen, because the disease, although treatable, is not curable. The present regimens of antiviral therapy modulate some intermediate parameters or so-called surrogate markers in chronic hepatitis B virus-infected patients, but usually fail to improve all intermediate parameters or ultimate clinical outcomes. In addition, major concerns remain about the applicability and use of antiviral drugs in developing and resource-constrained countries in which healthcare delivery systems do not support the proper use of antiviral therapy. New and more effective therapeutic regimens for chronic hepatitis B patients are needed that take into account potential surrogate markers of treatment outcomes and allow for effective collaboration between resource-constrained and advanced countries.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsBiomarkers, PharmacologicalDelivery of Health CareDeveloping CountriesHepatitis B, ChronicHumansInternational CooperationTreatment OutcomeAntiviral AgentsBiomarkers, Pharmacological

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