The scientific basis of combination therapy for chronic hepatitis B functional cure

SG Lim, TF Baumert, C Boni, E Gane… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Functional cure of chronic hepatitis B (CHB)—or hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss
after 24 weeks off therapy—is now the goal of treatment, but is rarely achieved with current …

Recent progress and future prospective in HBV cure by CRISPR/Cas

YC Yang, HC Yang - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains an important issue of global public health.
Although current antiviral therapy has dramatically reduced the mortality and morbidity of …

APASL guidance on stop** nucleos (t) ide analogues in chronic hepatitis B patients

JH Kao, WJ Jeng, Q Ning, TH Su, TC Tseng… - Hepatology …, 2021 - Springer
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is currently incurable. Long-term treatment with
potent and safe nucleos (t) ide analogs (NAs) can reduce hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …

Predictors of hepatitis B surface antigen loss, relapse and retreatment after discontinuation of effective oral antiviral therapy in noncirrhotic HBeAg‐negative chronic …

M Papatheodoridi, E Hadziyannis, F Berby… - Journal of Viral …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable predictors of outcomes after treatment discontinuation in HBeAg‐negative chronic
hepatitis B (CHB) patients have not been established. We investigated the role of hepatitis B …

Hepatitis B surface antigen, core‐related antigen and HBV RNA: predicting clinical relapse after NA therapy discontinuation

A Kaewdech, P Tangkijvanich, P Sripongpun… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background & Aims The safe discontinuation of nucleos (t) ide analogue therapy
remains challenging in chronic hepatitis B. We investigated the potential role of quantitative …

Significance of serum HBV RNA in non‐cirrhotic HBeAg‐negative chronic hepatitis B patients who discontinue effective antiviral therapy

M Papatheodoridi, E Papachristou… - Journal of Viral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
HBV RNA is considered as a promising predictor in patients who discontinue nucleos (t) ide
analogues (NAs). We determined HBV RNA levels in non‐cirrhotic HBeAg‐negative patients …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative HBV Core Antibodies as a Prognostic Marker for HBeAg Seroclearance: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

I Lazarevic, D Miljanovic, A Banko, M Cupic, A Cirkovic - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
During chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the seroclearance of hepatitis B e antigen
(HBeAg) is an important event and a significant surrogate endpoint of all current therapeutic …

Emerging diagnostic tools to decide when to discontinue nucleos (t) ide analogues in chronic hepatitis B

M Papatheodoridi, G Papatheodoridis - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this review is to outline emerging biomarkers that can serve as diagnostic tools to
identify non-cirrhotic chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients who could safely discontinue …

Hepatocellular carcinoma after treatment cessation in non‐cirrhotic HBeAg‐negative chronic hepatitis B: A multicentre cohort study

M Papatheodoridi, TH Su, E Hadziyannis… - Liver …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Scarce data exist on the effect of nucleos (t) ide analogue
(NA) discontinuation on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in HBeAg‐negative chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Droplet digital PCR assay as an innovative and promising highly sensitive assay to unveil residual and cryptic HBV replication in peripheral compartment

L Piermatteo, R Scutari, R Chirichiello, M Alkhatib… - Methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet digital PCR is an innovative and promising approach for highly sensitive
quantification of nucleic acids that is being increasingly used in the field of clinical virology …