Host and HBV interactions and their potential impact on clinical outcomes

A Jose-Abrego, S Roman, S Laguna-Meraz, A Panduro - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a challenge for global health services, affecting millions and
leading thousands to end-stage liver disease each year. This comprehensive review …

Bile acids, gut microbiota, and therapeutic insights in hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Song, HCH Lau, X Zhang, J Yu - Cancer Biology & Medicine, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent and aggressive liver malignancy. The
interplay between bile acids (BAs) and the gut microbiota has emerged as a critical factor in …

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis delta virus

MR Brunetto, G Ricco, F Negro, H Wedemeyer… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a defective virus that requires the hepatitis B virus to complete its
life cycle and cause liver damage in humans. HDV is responsible for rare acute and chronic …

Structural basis of hepatitis B virus receptor binding

J Asami, JH Park, Y Nomura, C Kobayashi… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a leading cause of developing hepatocellular carcinoma affecting
more than 290 million people worldwide, is an enveloped DNA virus specifically infecting …

Magnetic‐activated nanosystem with liver‐specific CRISPR nonviral vector to achieve spatiotemporal liver genome editing as hepatitis B therapeutics

C Zhuo, H Kong, K Yi, CW Chi, J Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic hepatitis B infection remains incurable due to the stable presence of various forms
of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome, especially the HBV covalently closed circular DNA …

[HTML][HTML] May the proton motive force be with you: a plant transporter review

CG Andersen, L Bavnhøj, BP Pedersen - Current Opinion in Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
As our ecosystems experience challenges associated with climate change, an improved
understanding of the fundamental biochemical processes governing plant physiology is …

Structure of antiviral drug bulevirtide bound to hepatitis B and D virus receptor protein NTCP

H Liu, D Zakrzewicz, K Nosol, RN Irobalieva… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cellular entry of the hepatitis B and D viruses (HBV/HDV) requires binding of the viral
surface polypeptide preS1 to the hepatobiliary transporter Na+-taurocholate co-transporting …

HBV vaccines: advances and development

F Mahmood, R Xu, MUN Awan, Y Song, Q Han, X Xia… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problem that is closely related to
liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The prevalence of acute and chronic …

Bile acid increase during bulevirtide treatment of hepatitis D is not associated with a decline in HDV RNA

K Deterding, C Xu, K Port, C Dietz‐Fricke… - Journal of viral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bulevirtide (BLV) is an entry inhibitor blocking entry of HBsAg into hepatocytes by interfering
with the bile acid transporter Na+‐taurocholate co‐transporting polypeptide. We here …

Structural basis for hepatitis B virus restriction by a viral receptor homologue

K Shionoya, JH Park, T Ekimoto, JS Takeuchi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Macaque restricts hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection because its receptor homologue, NTCP
(mNTCP), cannot bind preS1 on viral surface. To reveal how mNTCP loses the viral receptor …