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ArticleJournal of virology1998

Functional characterization of naturally occurring variants of human hepatitis B virus containing the core internal deletion mutation.

T T Yuan, M H Lin, S M Qiu, C Shih

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Article in Journal of virology, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T T YuanDepartment of Pathology, Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0609, USA.
M H Lin
S M Qiu
C Shih
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

PATHOGENESIS, CHRONICITY, AND MUTATIONS OF HEPATITIS BR01CA070336 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI SHIH, CHIAHO · 1997 to 2004
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA070336NCI NIH HHS R01 CA 70336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naturally occurring variants of human hepatitis B virus (HBV) containing the core internal deletion (CID) mutation have been found frequently in HBV carriers worldwide. Despite numerous sequence analysis reports of CID variants in patients, in the past decade, CID variants have not been characterized functionally, and thus their biological significance to HBV infection remains unclear. We report here two different CID variants identified from two patients that are replication defective, most likely due to the absence of detectable core protein. In addition, we were unable to detect the presence of the precore protein and e antigen from CID variants. However, the production of polymerase appeared to be normal. The replication defect of the CID variants can be rescued in trans by complementation with wild-type core protein. The rescued CID variant particles, which utilize the wild-type core protein, presumably are enveloped properly since they can be secreted into the medium and band at a position similar to that of mature wild-type Dane particles, as determined by gradient centrifugation analysis. Our results also provide an explanation for the association of CID variants with helper or wild-type HBV in nature. The significance of CID variants in HBV infection and pathogenesis is discussed.

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Genetic VariationSequence DeletionCarcinoma, HepatocellularHepatitis BHepatitis B Core AntigensHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansLiverMutationVirus ReplicationHepatitis B Core AntigensHepatitis B e Antigens

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PMID9499073
PMCPMC109512
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