ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2018
The Correlation Between Hepatitis B Virus Precore/Core Mutations and the Progression of Severe Liver Disease.
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- High Burden of Occult Hepatitis B Infection in HIV-Infected Patients in Southern Vietnam: Insights from Serological and Molecular Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Genetic Diversity, Occult Hepatitis B, and Mutational Signatures in Migrants from Regions with Varying HBV Endemicity: Importation of Diverse Viral Variants into St. Petersburg, Russia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Chronic and Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Pregnant Women in St. Petersburg, Russia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Fatal Hepatitis B Reactivation in Absence of Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen in a Lymphoma Patient.Journal of medical virology · 2025Article
- Genotypes, subtypes, and genetic variability of hepatitis B virus from blood donors in Timor-Leste.Archives of virology · 2025Article
- Molecular analysis of HBV pre-core gene mutations in patients co-infected with HIV at a tertiary care hospital in North India.Access microbiology · 2025Article
- HBV precore G1896A mutation promotes growth of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by activating ERK/MAPK pathway.Virologica Sinica · 2023Article
- Liver-Humanized NSG-PiZ Mice Support the Study of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Antiviral Therapies.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
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- Molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus (HBV) isolated from a pediatric case of acute lymphoid leukemia, with a delayed response to antiviral treatment: a case report.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Precore/core mutations of hepatitis B virus genotype D arising in different states of infection.Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2022Article
- Whole genome analysis of hepatitis B virus before and during long-term therapy in chronic infected patients: Molecular characterization, impact on treatment and liver disease progression.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Hepatitis B Virus: From Diagnosis to Treatment.Polish journal of microbiology · 2020Review
- Conservation and variability of hepatitis B core at different chronic hepatitis stages.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Observational
- Association of Hepatitis B Virus DNA Level and Follow-up Interval With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Hepatitis B Virus Molecular Epidemiology, Host-Virus Interaction, Coinfection, and Laboratory Diagnosis in the MENA Region: An Update.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Diverse Effects of the NTCP p.Ser267Phe Variant on Disease Progression During Chronic HBV Infection and on HBV preS1 Variability.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Viral mutations acquired during the course of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are known to be associated with the progression and severity of HBV-related liver disease. This study of HBV-infected Saudi Arabian patients aimed to identify amino acid substitutions within the precore/core (preC/C) region of HBV, and investigate their impact on disease progression toward hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients were categorized according to the severity of their disease, and were divided into the following groups: inactive HBV carriers, active HBV carriers, liver cirrhosis patients, and HCC patients. Two precore mutations, W28
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