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ArticleHeliyon2020

In silico functional and structural characterization of hepatitis B virus PreS/S-gene in Iranian patients infected with chronic hepatitis B virus genotype D.

Nastaran Khodadad, Seyed Saeed Seyedian, Afagh Moattari, Somayeh Biparva Haghighi, Roya Pirmoradi, Samaneh Abbasi, Manoochehr Makvandi

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nastaran KhodadadInfectious and Tropical Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, and Department of Virology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Seyed Saeed SeyedianAlimentary Tract Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Afagh MoattariDepartment of Bacteriology and Virology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Somayeh Biparva HaghighiDepartment of General Courses, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Roya PirmoradiInfectious and Tropical Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, and Department of Virology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Samaneh AbbasiAbadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran.
Manoochehr MakvandiInfectious and Tropical Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, and Department of Virology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveChronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection is the most prevalent chronic liver disease and has become a serious threat to human health. In this study, we attempted to specify and predict several properties including physicochemical, mutation sites, B-cell epitopes, phosphorylation sites, N-link, O-link glycosylation sites, and protein structures of S protein isolated from Ahvaz. MATERIALS AND

methodsInitially, hepatitis B virus DNA (

resultsWe found major hydrophilic region (MHR) mutations at "a" determining region that included

conclusionIn the present study, mutations were identified at positions T113S and N131T within the MHR region of S protein; these mutations can potentially decrease the effect of hepatitis B vaccination in vaccine recipients.

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BioinformaticsChronic hepatitis BGeneticsImmunologyIn silicoIranMicrobiologyMolecular biologyMutations

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