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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2013

Update on rescue therapies in patients with lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B.

Daniel C Chao, Ke-Qin Hu

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Hepatitis B in renal transplant patients.World journal of hepatology · 2017
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Molecular Mechanisms to Control Post-Transplantation Hepatitis B Recurrence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2015
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Safe and cost-effective control of post-transplantation recurrence of hepatitis B.Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology · 2015
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Novel fluoronucleoside analog NCC inhibits lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus in a hepatocyte model.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel C ChaoDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
Ke-Qin Hu
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B continues to be a global problem, with an estimated 240 million cases according to the World Health Organization. Chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is associated with cirrhosis, hepatic decompensation, and hepatocellular carcinoma. There are currently several US Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for treating chronic hepatitis B, with Lamivudine (LAM) being the first oral agent made available. The major problem with LAM is significantly decreased effectiveness over time due to the development of anti-HBV resistance that can lead to virologic and biochemical breakthrough as well as hepatitis B flare, progression of liver disease, and decompensation of pre-existing cirrhosis. Despite its high anti-HBV resistant rate, LAM remains widely used in underdeveloped countries due to its wide availability and low cost compared to other antiviral medications, including those that are more effective. Therefore, it is still clinically important to learn how to prevent and treat LAM resistant strains of HBV. Several regimens with the other available antiviral agents have been studied, including switching to monotherapy with either Adefovir, Entecavir, or Tenofovir, adding Adefovir to LAM, and switching to a combination of Adefovir and Entecavir. This review article will examine molecular mechanisms and diagnosis of LAM anti-HBV resistance, risks for and approaches to reduce LAM anti-HBV resistance, and currently available rescue therapy regimens for LAM resistance.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsDrug Resistance, ViralHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusHumansLamivudineSalvage TherapyAntiviral AgentsLamivudineadefoviranti-viral resistancechronic hepatitis Bentecavirlamivudinenucleot(s)ide analogstenofovir

Identifiers

PMID23990707
PMCPMC3753145
OpenAlexW2045307631

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