Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25421893›Full record

ReviewViruses2014

Hepatitis B virus HBx protein interactions with the ubiquitin proteasome system.

Marissa M Minor, Betty L Slagle

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Review in Viruses, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  19. Juvenile Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Healthy Liver.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marissa M MinorGraduate Program in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. marissa.minor@bcm.edu.
Betty L SlagleDepartment of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. bslagle@bcm.edu.

Funding

Virology CoreP30AI036211 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BUTEL, JANET S · 1994 to 2015
$21.7M
Hepatitis B virus replication and DDB1R21CA177951 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SLAGLE, BETTY L · 2013 to 2014
$369k
NCI NIH HHS CA177951NCI NIH HHS R21 CA177951NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes acute and chronic hepatitis, and the latter is a major risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HBV encodes a 17-kDa regulatory protein, HBx, which is required for virus replication. Although the precise contribution(s) of HBx to virus replication is unknown, many viruses target cellular pathways to create an environment favorable for virus replication. The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is a major conserved cellular pathway that controls several critical processes in the cell by regulating the levels of proteins involved in cell cycle, DNA repair, innate immunity, and other processes. We summarize here the interactions of HBx with components of the UPS, including the CUL4 adaptor DDB1, the cullin regulatory complex CSN, and the 26S proteasome. Understanding how these protein interactions benefit virus replication remains a challenge due to limited models in which to study HBV replication. However, studies from other viral systems that similarly target the UPS provide insight into possible strategies used by HBV.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsProtein Interaction MapsCullin ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsHepatitis B virusHumansProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexTrans-ActivatorsUbiquitinViral Regulatory and Accessory ProteinsVirus ReplicationCUL4A protein, humanCullin ProteinsDDB1 protein, humanDNA-Binding Proteinshepatitis B virus X proteinProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexTrans-ActivatorsUbiquitinViral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins

Identifiers

PMID25421893
PMCPMC4246244

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