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ArticleVirology2022

Selective effect of β-catenin on nuclear receptor-dependent hepatitis B virus transcription and replication.

Grant Tarnow, Alan McLachlan

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Article in Virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Regulates Hepatitis B Virus cccDNA Levels.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Grant TarnowDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 909 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Alan McLachlanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 909 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. Electronic address: mclach@uic.edu.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement in Human Research Protections.UL1TR002003 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KARNIK, NIRANJAN SUBHASH, MERMELSTEIN, ROBIN J. · 2016 to 2024
$33.7M
Developmental regulation of HBV biosynthesis by FoxA and DNA methylationR01AI125401 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MCLACHLAN, ALAN · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Liver lobule zonation, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and β-catenin mediated hepatitis B virus (HBV) biosynthesisR01CA238328 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MCLACHLAN, ALAN · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002003NCI NIH HHS R01 CA238328NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-catenin regulates HBV transcription in cell culture and viral biosynthesis in vivo in the transgenic mouse model of chronic HBV infection. Therefore, it is important to understand which transcription factor activities are coactivated by β-catenin to enhance HBV biosynthesis. The effect of β-catenin expression in the context of nuclear receptor-mediated HBV transcription was evaluated initially in the human embryonic kidney cell line, HEK293T. Reporter gene and viral replication assays revealed that β-catenin can coactivate HBV transcription through some, most predominantly liver receptor homolog 1 (LRH1), but not all nuclear receptors known to activate viral biosynthesis. Similarly, β-catenin activated nuclear receptor-mediated HBV transcription and replication in the human hepatoma cell line, Huh7, primarily through its effect on the farnesoid X receptor α (FXRα). These data indicate that β-catenin can enhance nuclear receptor-mediated HBV biosynthesis, but the relative importance of various transcription factors is dependent upon the precise cellular environment.

Indexed as

Hepatitis BHepatitis B virusAnimalsbeta CateninHEK293 CellsHumansMiceReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearViral TranscriptionVirus Replicationbeta CateninReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearFarnesoid X receptor α (FXRα)Hepatitis B virus (HBV)Liver lobule zonationLiver receptor homolog 1 (LRH1)β-catenin (CTNNB1)

Identifiers

PMID35509137
PMCPMC12000910
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