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ReviewAntiviral research2014

The past, present and future of neutralizing antibodies for hepatitis C virus.

Jonathan K Ball, Alexander W Tarr, Jane A McKeating

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Review in Antiviral research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
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  5. Hepatitis C virus modifiedJournal of virology · 2025
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  6. Bispecific antibodies against the hepatitis C virus E1E2 envelope glycoprotein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. [Development approaches for vaccines against hepatitis C virus infections].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2022
    Review
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  18. Antibody Responses in Hepatitis C Infection.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2021
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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jonathan K BallSchool of Life Sciences and The Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre Biomedical Research Unit, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
Alexander W TarrSchool of Life Sciences and The Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre Biomedical Research Unit, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
Jane A McKeatingViral Hepatitis Research Group and Centre for Human Virology, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. Electronic address: j.a.mckeating@bham.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0801169Medical Research Council G1100247Medical Research Council MC_G0900866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. HCV establishes a chronic infection in the majority of cases. However, some individuals clear the virus, demonstrating a protective role for the host immune response. Although new all-oral drug combinations may soon replace traditional ribavirin-interferon therapy, the emerging drug cocktails will be expensive and associated with side-effects and resistance, making a global vaccine an urgent priority. T cells are widely accepted to play an essential role in clearing acute HCV infection, whereas the role antibodies play in resolution and disease pathogenesis is less well understood. Recent studies have provided an insight into viral neutralizing determinants and the protective role of antibodies during infection. This review provides a historical perspective of the role neutralizing antibodies play in HCV infection and discusses the therapeutic benefits of antibody-based therapies. This article forms part of a symposium in Antiviral Research on "Hepatitis C: next steps toward global eradication."

Indexed as

Antibodies, NeutralizingHepacivirusHepatitis CHepatitis C AntibodiesHumansImmunotherapyAntibodies, NeutralizingHepatitis C AntibodiesEpitopeHCV E2 coreHepatitis CNeutralizationTransmission

Identifiers

PMID24583033
PMCPMC4034163

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