Hepatitis B virus biology and life cycle

S Tsukuda, K Watashi - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) specifically infects hepatocytes and causes severe liver diseases.
The HBV life cycle is unique in that the genomic DNA (relaxed-circular partially double …

All about the RNA: interferon-stimulated genes that interfere with viral RNA processes

E Yang, MMH Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Interferon (IFN) signaling induces the expression of a wide array of genes, collectively
referred to as IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) that generally function to inhibit viral replication …

[PDF][PDF] Serum hepatitis B virus RNA: a new potential biomarker for chronic hepatitis B virus infection

S Liu, B Zhou, JD Valdes, J Sun, H Guo - Hepatology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic hepatitis B infection is one of the major etiological causes of liver failure, cirrhosis,
and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. This condition cannot be completely cured …

Revisiting hepatitis B virus: challenges of curative therapies

J Hu, U Protzer, A Siddiqui - Journal of virology, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
With a yearly death toll of 880,000, hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a major health problem
worldwide, despite an effective prophylactic vaccine and well-tolerated, effective antivirals …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Hepatitis B virus

YC Chuang, KN Tsai, JHJ Ou - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a hepatotropic virus and an important human pathogen. There are
an estimated 296 million people in the world that are chronically infected by this virus, and …

Interferon-stimulated gene 20 (ISG20) selectively degrades N6-methyladenosine modified Hepatitis B Virus transcripts

H Imam, GW Kim, SA Mir, M Khan, A Siddiqui - PLoS pathogens, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Interferon (IFN) stimulates a whole repertoire of cellular genes, collectively referred to as
ISGs (Interferon-stimulated genes). ISG20, a 3´-5´ exonuclease enzyme, has been …

HBV‐induced increased N6 methyladenosine modification of PTEN RNA affects innate immunity and contributes to HCC

GW Kim, H Imam, M Khan, SA Mir, SJ Kim… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Epitranscriptomic modification of RNA has emerged as the most
prevalent form of regulation of gene expression that affects development, differentiation …

[HTML][HTML] HBV bypasses the innate immune response and does not protect HCV from antiviral activity of interferon

P Mutz, P Metz, FA Lempp, S Bender, B Qu… - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is sensitive to interferon (IFN)-based
therapy, whereas hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is not. It is unclear whether HBV escapes …

Interferon and hepatitis B: current and future perspectives

J Ye, J Chen - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health burden worldwide for which
there is still no effective curative treatment. Interferon (IFN) consists of a group of cytokines …

Mechanisms of immune regulation by the placenta: Role of type I interferon and interferon‐stimulated genes signaling during pregnancy

J Ding, A Maxwell, N Adzibolosu, A Hu… - Immunological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pregnancy is a unique condition where the maternal immune system is continuously
adapting in response to the stages of fetal development and signals from the environment …