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ReviewGut2026

Decoding HBV-specific adaptive immunity: from natural clearance to cure.

Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann, Antonio Bertoletti, Nina Le Bert

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Review in Gut, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. T cell adaptation in chronic infections and tumors.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2026
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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.

Robert ThimmeDepartment of Medicine II, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, BW, Germany robert.thimme@uniklinik-freiburg.de nina@duke-nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1417-4135
Maike HofmannDepartment of Medicine II, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, BW, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8410-8833
Antonio BertolettiSignature Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-0485
Nina Le BertSignature Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore robert.thimme@uniklinik-freiburg.de nina@duke-nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0502-2527

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic HBV infection remains a major global health burden, with current antiviral therapies effectively suppressing viral replication but rarely achieving functional cure. Adaptive immunity is central to viral clearance but is profoundly impaired during chronic infection. Inducing and enhancing adaptive immunity through therapeutic vaccines, immune checkpoint inhibitors or T cell-based therapies represents a promising approach for HBV cure strategies. However, recent preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated only limited efficacy, underscoring major immunological challenges. In this review, we summarise current knowledge of the correlates of viral clearance and persistence, discuss key unresolved questions and outline future research directions needed to advance immune-based HBV cure strategies.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusAnimalsAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B VaccinesHumansT-LymphocytesAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B VaccinesCHRONIC HEPATITISCHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITISIMMUNE RESPONSEIMMUNOLOGY

Identifiers

PMID41314788
PMCPMC13479644

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