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ReviewGastroenterology2019

Development of Direct-acting Antiviral and Host-targeting Agents for Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Infection.

Yuchen Xia, T Jake Liang

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Review in Gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

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

69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuchen XiaLiver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892.
T Jake LiangLiver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892. Electronic address: jakel@bdg10.niddk.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms Of Hepatitis B Viral Pathogenesis And PersistenceZIADK054500 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI LIANG, T. JAKE · 2009 to 2025
$20.3M
Molecular Approaches To Vaccine Development For Hepatitis CZIADK054503 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI LIANG, T. JAKE · 2009 to 2025
$18.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DK999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK054500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects approximately 300 million people worldwide. Although antiviral therapies have improved the long-term outcomes, patients often require life-long treatment and there is no cure for HBV infection. New technologies can help us learn more about the pathogenesis of HBV infection and develop therapeutic agents to reduce its burden. We review recent advances in development of direct-acting antiviral and host-targeting agents, some of which have entered clinical trials. We also discuss strategies for unbiased high-throughput screens to identify compounds that inhibit HBV and for repurposing existing drugs.

Indexed as

Drug DevelopmentAntiviral AgentsCapsidHepatitis BHumansImmunologic FactorsReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, VirusVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsImmunologic FactorsReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, VirusDirect-acting AntiviralsDrugFunctional CureScreening

Identifiers

PMID30243618
PMCPMC6340783
OpenAlexW2890832308

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Registered trials

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