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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Targeting HBV cccDNA Levels: Key to Achieving Complete Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B.

Wei He, Zhijin Zheng, Qian Zhao, Renxia Zhang, Hui Zheng

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Wei HeJiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0009-0005-1821-8547
Zhijin ZhengJiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China.
Qian ZhaoJiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China.
Renxia ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China.
Hui ZhengJiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China.

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFA1800200National Natural Science Foundation of China 32241009Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Talents 24CXRC0153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) caused by HBV infection has brought suffering to numerous people. Due to the stable existence of HBV cccDNA, the original template for HBV replication, chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is difficult to cure completely. Despite current antiviral strategies being able to effectively limit the progression of CHB, complete CHB cure requires directly targeting HBV cccDNA. In this review, we discuss strategies that may achieve a complete cure of CHB, including inhibition of cccDNA de novo synthesis, targeting cccDNA degradation through host factors and small molecules, CRISP-Cas9-based cccDNA editing, and silencing cccDNA epigenetically.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsDNA, CircularDNA, ViralHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusVirus ReplicationHumansAntiviral AgentsDNA, CircularDNA, ViralcccDNAchronic hepatitis BCRISP-cas9HBVinterferon

Identifiers

PMID39770359
PMCPMC11728772

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