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ArticleJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology2021

Thomas Tu, Benno Zehnder, Bingqian Qu, Stephan Urban

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Article in JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. HBV-Induced Carcinogenesis: Mechanisms, Correlation With Viral Suppression, and Implications for Treatment.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  17. Nucleolin binds to and regulates transcription of hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA minichromosome.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas TuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Benno ZehnderDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Bingqian QuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Stephan UrbanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
German Center for Infection Research · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsChronic HBV infection cannot be cured by current therapeutics owing to their limited ability to reduce covalently closed circular (ccc)DNA levels in the livers of infected individuals. Therefore, greater understanding of the molecular determinants of cccDNA formation and persistence is required. One key issue is the extent to which

methodsWe engineered an infectious HBV mutant with a genome encoding a stop codon at position T67 in the HBV core open reading frame (ΔHBc HBV). Importantly, ΔHBc HBV virions cannot initiate nucleocapsid synthesis upon infection. Long-term

resultsΔHBc and wild-type (WT) HBV resulted in comparable expression of HBV surface antigen (HBsAg), which could be blocked using the entry inhibitor Myrcludex B, confirming

conclusionsOur results imply that LAY SUMMARY: The hepatitis B virus can maintain itself in the liver for a patient's lifetime, causing liver injury and cancer. We have clarified exactly how it maintains itself in an infected cell. This now means we have a better idea at how to target the virus and cure a chronic infection.

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ALT, alanine aminotransferaseAntiviralsBulevirtideCapsid inhibitorscccDNA, covalently closed circular DNACIs, capsid inhibitorsCore proteinCovalently closed circular DNADHBV, duck hepatitis B virusdpi, days post inoculationHBcAgHBsAg, hepatitis B virus surface antigenHBV DNA integrationHBV, hepatitis B virusHBV persistenceHepcludexmge, multiplicity of genomic equivalentMyrcludex BNC, naked capsidsNTCP, sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptideNUCs, nucleos(t)ide analoguesORF, open reading framePEG, polyethylene glycolpgRNA, pregenomic RNAPHH, primary human hepatocytesrcDNA, relaxed circular DNASN, supernatantvge, viral genome equivalentsVP, virionsWT, wild-type

Identifiers

PMID33385130
PMCPMC7771110
OpenAlexW3092957634

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