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ArticleJournal of virology2022

Establishment of a Monoclonal Antibody against Human NTCP That Blocks Hepatitis B Virus Infection.

Toshitada Takemori, Akiko Sugimoto-Ishige, Hironori Nishitsuji, Yushi Futamura, Michishige Harada, Tomomi Kimura-Someya, Takehisa Matsumoto, Teruki Honma, Miho Tanaka, Masami Yaguchi and 11 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Application of nanoparticles in antibody drug delivery.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  6. Hepatitis B and D virus entry.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025
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  10. The Culprit Behind HBV-Infected Hepatocytes: NTCP.Drug design, development and therapy · 2024
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  11. Methods for Engineering Binders to Multi-Pass Membrane Proteins.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  13. Relevance of HBx for Hepatitis B Virus-Associated Pathogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

21 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Toshitada TakemoriDrug Discovery Antibody Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Akiko Sugimoto-IshigeDrug Discovery Antibody Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Hironori NishitsujiDepartment of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Yushi FutamuraChemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Japan.
Michishige HaradaDrug Discovery Antibody Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Tomomi Kimura-SomeyaDrug Discovery Structural Biology Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama, Japan.
Takehisa MatsumotoDrug Discovery Structural Biology Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama, Japan.
Teruki HonmaDrug Discovery Computational Chemistry Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama, Japan.
Miho TanakaDrug Discovery Antibody Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Masami YaguchiDrug Discovery Antibody Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Kyoichi IsonoLaboratory Animal Center, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
Haruhiko KosekiLaboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Hiroyuki OsadaChemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Japan.
Daiki MikiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City, Japan.
Takashi SaitoDrug Discovery Antibody Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Takashi TanakaLaboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Takehiro FukamiRIKEN Program for Drug Discovery and Medical Technology Platforms, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, Yokohama, Japan.
Toshio GotoRIKEN Program for Drug Discovery and Medical Technology Platforms, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, Yokohama, Japan.
Mikako ShirouzuDrug Discovery Structural Biology Platform Unit, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama, Japan.
Kunitada ShimotohnoGenome Medical Sciences Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Japan.
Kazuaki ChayamaResearch Center for Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5530-5341
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences · JPRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research · JPHiroshima University · JPRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science · JPFujita Health University · JPNational Center for Global Health and Medicine · JPNew Tokyo Hospital · JPWakayama Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects 240 million people worldwide. Current therapy profoundly suppresses HBV replication but requires long-term maintenance therapy. Therefore, there is still a medical need for an efficient HBV cure. HBV enters host cells by binding via the preS1 domain of the viral L protein to the Na

Indexed as

Hepatitis BHepatitis B virusOrganic Anion Transporters, Sodium-DependentSymportersVirus InternalizationAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalHepatocytesHep G2 CellsHumansMiceViral ProteinsAntibodies, MonoclonalOrganic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependentsodium-bile acid cotransporterSymportersViral Proteinshepatitis B virusmonoclonal antibodies

Identifiers

PMID34985994
PMCPMC8906425
OpenAlexW4205639248

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Registered trials

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