[HTML][HTML] Viral hepatitis update: Progress and perspectives

MB Pisano, CG Giadans, DM Flichman… - World journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Viral hepatitis, secondary to infection with hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viruses, are a major
public health problem and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite the huge …

VH1-69 antiviral broadly neutralizing antibodies: genetics, structures, and relevance to rational vaccine design

F Chen, N Tzarum, IA Wilson, M Law - Current opinion in virology, 2019 - Elsevier
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) are potential therapeutic molecules and valuable
tools for studying conserved viral targets for vaccine and drug design. Interestingly, antibody …

[HTML][HTML] Host genetic determinants of hepatitis B virus infection

Z Zhang, C Wang, Z Liu, G Zou, J Li, M Lu - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still a major health problem worldwide. Recently,
a great number of genetic studies based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and …

Immunopathogenesis of HBV infection

J Wu, M Han, J Li, X Yang, D Yang - Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
More than 95% of adult infected with HBV show acute self-limited infection and eventually
eliminate the virus. In contrast, about 90% of people exposed to HBV in early childhood …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus molecular epidemiology, host-virus interaction, coinfection, and laboratory diagnosis in the MENA region: An update

DW Al-Sadeq, SA Taleb, RE Zaied, SM Fahad… - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an enveloped partial double-stranded DNA virus that can cause
acute and chronic hepatitis. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the …

[HTML][HTML] Unique features of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma in pathogenesis and clinical significance

SH Wang, SH Yeh, PJ Chen - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the major risk factor for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Understanding the unique features for HBV-induced HCC can shed new …

Large‐scale genome‐wide association study identifies HLA class II variants associated with chronic HBV infection: a study from Taiwan Biobank

YH Huang, SF Liao, SS Khor, YJ Lin… - Alimentary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a great health burden with
geographical variations. Aims To explore genetic variants associated with chronic HBV …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional and genetic risk factors for chronic hepatitis B virus infection in a community-based study of 0.5 million Chinese adults

E Hamilton, L Yang, AJ Mentzer, Y Guo, Y Chen, J Lv… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Despite universal vaccination of newborns, the prevalence of chronic hepatitis virus B (HBV)
infection and the associated disease burden remain high among adults in China. We …

[HTML][HTML] METTL16 regulates m6A methylation on chronic hepatitis B associated gene HLA-DPB1 involved in liver fibrosis

H Gao, X Wang, H Ma, S Lin, D Zhang, W Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The role of genetic factors in the occurrence and progression of CHB (CHB) is still not fully
explored. In recent years, genome-wide association studies on CHB patients have …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution African HLA resource uncovers HLA-DRB1 expression effects underlying vaccine response

AJ Mentzer, AT Dilthey, M Pollard, D Gurdasani… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
How human genetic variation contributes to vaccine effectiveness in infants is unclear, and
data are limited on these relationships in populations with African ancestries. We undertook …