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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Hepatitis B Virus Cure: Targets and Future Therapies.

Hye Won Lee, Jae Seung Lee, Sang Hoon Ahn

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Exosome in HBV infection: current concepts and future perspectives.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hye Won LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3552-3560
Jae Seung LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2371-0967
Sang Hoon AhnDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.
Yonsei University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major global health problem. It can cause progressive liver fibrosis leading to cirrhosis with end-stage liver disease, and a markedly increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. In the last two decades, substantial progress has been made in the treatment of chronic hepatitis, B. However, HBV is often reactivated after stopping nucloes(t)ide analogues because antivirals alone do not directly target covalently closed circular DNA, which is the template for all viral RNAs. Therefore, although currently available antiviral therapies achieve suppression of HBV replication in the majority of patients, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss and seroconversion is rarely achieved despite long-term antiviral treatment (HBsAg loss of less than 10% in 5 years). Various clinical trials of agents that interrupt the HBV life cycle in hepatocytes have been conducted. Potential treatment strategies and new agents are emerging as HBV cure. A combination of current and new anti-HBV agents may increase the rate of HBsAg seroclearance; thus, optimized regimens must be validated. Here, we review the newly investigated therapeutic compounds and the results of preclinical and/or clinical trials.

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Antiviral AgentsHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyAntiviral Agentscurehepatitis Btargettreatment

Identifiers

PMID33379331
PMCPMC7795643
OpenAlexW3117081014

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