ReviewClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2016
Mechanism of Hepatitis B Virus Persistence in Hepatocytes and Its Carcinogenic Potential.
Review in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04724785 (Real World Study on the Effect of HBV-DNA High-precision Detection Based Anti-viral Regimen Adjustment on Achieving Complete Virologic Response in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B.), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers.
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Real World Study on the Effect of HBV-DNA High-precision Detection Based Anti-viral Regimen Adjustment on Achieving Complete Virologic Response in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B.(REACH)
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Targeting HBV cccDNA Levels: Key to Achieving Complete Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Mini Review.Viruses · 2024Review
- Hepatitis B in Pediatric Population: Observational Retrospective Study in Romania.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Cell Culture Systems for Studying Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D Virus Infections.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Hepatitis B virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma: a persistent global problem.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023Review
- Map of thrombogenesis in viral infections and viral-driven tumours.Discover oncology · 2023Review
- Frequency of Hepatitis B Markers in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients in Iran.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
- Activation of distinct antiviral T-cell immunity: A comparison of bi- and trispecific T-cell engager antibodies with a chimeric antigen receptor targeting HBV envelope proteins.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Current treatment of chronic hepatitis B: Clinical aspects and future directions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging of HBV Replicating Hepatocytes Allows for the Monitoring of Anti-Viral Immunity.Viruses · 2021Article
- Emerging Hepatotropic Viruses in Cats: A Brief Review.Viruses · 2021Review
- A short overview of CRISPR-Cas technology and its application in viral disease control.Transgenic research · 2021Review
- Deciphering Tumor Heterogeneity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)-Multi-Omic and Singulomic Approaches.Seminars in liver disease · 2021Review
- Epigenetic modulation in chronic hepatitis B virus infection.Seminars in immunopathology · 2020Review
- Comprehensive Analysis of CDCAs Methylation and Immune Infiltrates in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Liver disease associated with persistent infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) continues to be a major health problem of global impact. Despite the existence of an effective vaccine, at least 240 million people are chronically infected worldwide, and are at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although chronic HBV infection is considered the main risk factor for liver cancer development, the molecular mechanisms determining persistence of infection and long-term pathogenesis are not fully elucidated but appear to be multifactorial. Current therapeutic regimens based on the use of polymerase inhibitors can efficiently suppress viral replication but are unable to eradicate the infection. This is due both to the persistence of the HBV genome, which forms a stable minichromosome, the covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), in the nucleus of infected hepatocytes, as well as to the inability of the immune system to efficiently counteract chronic HBV infection. In this regard, the unique replication strategies adopted by HBV and viral protein production also appear to contribute to infection persistence by limiting the effectiveness of innate responses. The availability of improved experimental systems and molecular techniques have started to provide new information about the complex network of interactions that HBV establishes within the hepatocyte and that may contribute to disease progression and tumor development. Thus, this review will mostly focus on events involving the hepatocyte: the only target cell where HBV infection and replication take place.
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