The structure of the nuclear pore complex (an update)

DH Lin, A Hoelz - Annual review of biochemistry, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) serves as the sole bidirectional gateway of
macromolecules in and out of the nucleus. Owing to its size and complexity (∼ 1,000 protein …

HBV cccDNA: viral persistence reservoir and key obstacle for a cure of chronic hepatitis B

M Nassal - Gut, 2015 - gut.bmj.com
At least 250 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV, a small
hepatotropic DNA virus that replicates through reverse transcription. Chronic infection …

[PDF][PDF] Present and future therapies of hepatitis B: from discovery to cure

TJ Liang, TM Block, BJ McMahon, MG Ghany… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a significant global pathogen, infecting more than 240 million
people worldwide. While treatment for HBV has improved, HBV patients often require …

Core protein: A pleiotropic keystone in the HBV lifecycle

A Zlotnick, B Venkatakrishnan, Z Tan, E Lewellyn… - Antiviral research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a small virus whose genome has only four open reading
frames. We argue that the simplicity of the virion correlates with a complexity of functions for …

Towards an HBV cure: state-of-the-art and unresolved questions—report of the ANRS workshop on HBV cure

MB Zeisel, J Lucifora, WS Mason, C Sureau, J Beck… - Gut, 2015 - gut.bmj.com
HBV infection is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although
HBV infection can be efficiently prevented by vaccination, and treatments are available, to …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus molecular biology and pathogenesis

RJ Lamontagne, S Bagga, MJ Bouchard - Hepatoma research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses need a host cell to provide a milieu favorable to
viral replication. Consequently, viruses often adopt mechanisms to subvert host cellular …

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 …

Attacking hepatitis B virus cccDNA–The holy grail to hepatitis B cure

J Lucifora, U Protzer - Journal of hepatology, 2016 - Elsevier
HBV deposits a covalently closed circular DNA form, called cccDNA, in the nucleus of
infected cells. As the central transcription template, the cccDNA minichromosome is a key …

Nucleoporin NUP153 phenylalanine-glycine motifs engage a common binding pocket within the HIV-1 capsid protein to mediate lentiviral infectivity

KA Matreyek, SS Yücel, X Li, A Engelman - PLoS pathogens, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Lentiviruses can infect non-dividing cells, and various cellular transport proteins provide
crucial functions for lentiviral nuclear entry and integration. We previously showed that the …

Virus entry at a glance

Y Yamauchi, A Helenius - Journal of cell science, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
The goal of a virus particle is to transport its genome in a replication-competent form from an
infected cell to an uninfected cell. To enter a new host cell, the majority of viruses take …