[PDF][PDF] Epigenetic regulation of hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA: Implications for epigenetic therapy against chronic hepatitis B

X Hong, ES Kim, H Guo - Hepatology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection represents a significant public health burden worldwide.
Although current therapeutics manage to control the disease progression, lifelong treatment …

Cell and animal models for studying hepatitis B virus infection and drug development

J Hu, YY Lin, PJ Chen, K Watashi, T Wakita - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Many cell culture and animal models have been used to study hepatitis B virus (HBV)
replication and its effects in the liver; these have facilitated development of strategies to …

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] The role of host DNA ligases in hepadnavirus covalently closed circular DNA formation

Q Long, R Yan, J Hu, D Cai, B Mitra, ES Kim… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Hepadnavirus covalently closed circular (ccc) DNA is the bona fide viral transcription
template, which plays a pivotal role in viral infection and persistence. Upon infection, the non …

[HTML][HTML] Interferon-inducible ribonuclease ISG20 inhibits hepatitis B virus replication through directly binding to the epsilon stem-loop structure of viral RNA

Y Liu, H Nie, R Mao, B Mitra, D Cai, R Yan… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates its DNA genome through reverse transcription of a viral
RNA pregenome. We report herein that the interferon (IFN) stimulated exoribonuclease …

Preclinical profile and characterization of the hepatitis B virus core protein inhibitor ABI-H0731

Q Huang, D Cai, R Yan, L Li, Y Zong… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT ABI-H0731, a first-generation hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein inhibitor, has
demonstrated effective antiviral activity in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients in a phase 1b …

[HTML][HTML] A role for the host DNA damage response in hepatitis B virus cccDNA formation—and beyond?

S Schreiner, M Nassal - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection puts more than 250 million people at a greatly
increased risk to develop end-stage liver disease. Like all hepadnaviruses, HBV replicates …

Nucleolin binds to and regulates transcription of hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA minichromosome

Y Xia, X Cheng, T Nilsson, M Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a major public health threat with nearly 300 million people
chronically infected worldwide who are at a high risk of developing hepatocellular …

Hepatitis B virus precore protein p22 inhibits alpha interferon signaling by blocking STAT nuclear translocation

B Mitra, J Wang, ES Kim, R Mao, M Dong, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antagonism of host immune defenses against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by the viral
proteins is speculated to cause HBV persistence and the development of chronic hepatitis …

Conditional replication and secretion of hepatitis B virus genome uncover the truncated 3′ terminus of encapsidated viral pregenomic RNA

S Shen, W Liu, G Zeng, H Liang, X Yu, H Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) is packaged into capsid where reverse
transcription takes place to synthesize viral DNA genome, and the encapsidated pgRNA is …