Immunobiology and pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus infection

M Iannacone, LG Guidotti - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a non-cytopathic, hepatotropic virus with the potential to cause a
persistent infection, ultimately leading to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Over the …

Hepatitis D virus in 2021: virology, immunology and new treatment approaches for a difficult-to-treat disease

S Urban, C Neumann-Haefelin, P Lampertico - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Approximately 5% of individuals infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) are coinfected with
hepatitis D virus (HDV). Chronic HBV/HDV coinfection is associated with an unfavourable …

How to achieve functional cure of HBV: Stopping NUCs, adding interferon or new drug development?

GLH Wong, E Gane, ASF Lok - Journal of hepatology, 2022 - Elsevier
Functional cure of hepatitis B is defined as sustained undetectable circulating HBsAg and
HBV DNA after a finite course of treatment. Barriers to HBV cure include the reservoirs for …

Opportunities for tapping into three-dimensional chemical space through a quaternary carbon

TT Talele - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
A quaternary carbon bears four other carbon substituents or combination of four non-
hydrogen substituents at four vertices of a tetrahedron. The spirocyclic quaternary carbon …

A global scientific strategy to cure hepatitis B

PA Revill, FV Chisari, JM Block, M Dandri… - The lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health challenge on the same
scale as tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. The International Coalition to Eliminate HBV (ICE …

[HTML][HTML] A roadmap for serum biomarkers for hepatitis B virus: current status and future outlook

A Kramvis, KM Chang, M Dandri, P Farci… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Globally, 296 million people are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), and approximately one
million people die annually from HBV-related causes, including liver cancer. Although there …

EASL 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection

P Lampertico, K Agarwal, T Berg, M Buti… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global public health problem with changing
epidemiology due to several factors including vaccination policies and migration. This …

Anti-PD-1 blockade with nivolumab with and without therapeutic vaccination for virally suppressed chronic hepatitis B: a pilot study

E Gane, DJ Verdon, AE Brooks, A Gaggar… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims To evaluate the hypothesis that increasing T cell frequency and activity
may provide durable control of hepatitis B virus (HBV), we administered nivolumab, a …

Hepatitis B virus persistence and reactivation

Y Shi, M Zheng - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes chronic hepatitis and has long term complications.
Individuals ever infected with HBV are at risk of viral reactivation under certain …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating and intrahepatic antiviral B cells are defective in hepatitis B

AR Burton, LJ Pallett, LE McCoy… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
B cells are increasingly recognized as playing an important role in the ongoing control of
hepatitis B virus (HBV). The development of antibodies against the viral surface antigen …