IFNα subtype-specific susceptibility of HBV in the course of chronic infection

X Xie, Z Karakoese, D Ablikim, J Ickler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection continues to be a major health problem worldwide
and remains hard to be cured. Therapy with interferon (IFN) α is an important method for the …

Different antiviral effects of IFNα subtypes in a mouse model of HBV infection

J Song, S Li, Y Zhou, J Liu, S Francois, M Lu, D Yang… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Interferon alpha (IFNα) is commonly used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB)
patients. There are 13 different IFNα subtypes in humans, but only the subtype IFNα2 is used …

Different antiviral effects of IFNα and IFNβ in an HBV mouse model

Y Zhou, S Li, Z Tang, C Xu, S Huang, J Wu, U Dittmer… - Immunobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Interferons α and β (IFNα and IFNβ) are type I interferons produced by the host to control
pathogen propagation. However, only a minority of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients …

Functional comparison of interferon‐α subtypes reveals potent hepatitis B virus suppression by a concerted action of interferon‐α and interferon‐γ signaling

J Chen, Y Li, F Lai, Y Wang, K Sutter, U Dittmer… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Interferon (IFN)‐α, composed of numerous subtypes, plays a crucial
role in immune defense. As the most studied subtype, IFN‐α2 has been used for treating …

[PDF][PDF] Functional comparison of IFN-alpha subtypes reveals potent HBV suppression by a concerted action of IFN-alpha and-gamma signaling

J Chen, Y Li, F Lai, Y Wang, K Sutter, U Dittmer, J Ye… - Hepatology, 2020 - oar.a-star.edu.sg
Fritz Lai, mdcflsc@ nus. edu. sg Yang Wang, 596868170@ qq. com Kathrin Sutter, kathrin.
sutter@ uni-due. de Ulf Dittmer, ulf. dittmer@ uni-due. de Jianyu Ye, 14301010010@ fudan …

IFN‐α subtypes: distinct biological activities in anti‐viral therapy

K Gibbert, JF Schlaak, D Yang… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
During most viral infections, the immediate host response is characterized by an induction of
type I IFN. These cytokines have various biological activities, including anti‐viral, anti …

Simultaneous or prior activation of intrahepatic type I interferon signaling leads to hepatitis b virus persistence in a mouse model

S Zou, Y Du, S Huang, M Chen, X Yang, S Li… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
It remains controversial how interferon (IFN) response contributes to hepatitis B virus (HBV)
control and pathogenesis. A previous study identified that hydrodynamic injection (HI) of …

Interferon α facilitates anti-HBV cellular immune response in a B cell-dependent manner

S Zhong, Q Li, C Wen, Y Li, Y Zhou, Z Jin, G Ye… - Antiviral Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Dissecting the underlying mechanism of T cells remodeling mediated by
interferon α (IFN-α) is indispensable for achieving an optimum therapeutic response in …

[HTML][HTML] IFN-γ: a crucial player in the fight against HBV infection?

MLB Hillaire, P Lawrence, B Lagrange - Immune Network, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
About 0.8 million people die because of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection each year. In
around 5% of infected adults, the immune system is ineffective in countering HBV infection …

IFN-α inhibits HBV transcription and replication in cell culture and in humanized mice by targeting the epigenetic regulation of the nuclear cccDNA minichromosome

L Belloni, L Allweiss, F Guerrieri… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
HBV infection remains a leading cause of death worldwide. IFN-α inhibits viral replication in
vitro and in vivo, and pegylated IFN-α is a commonly administered treatment for individuals …