Immunobiology and pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus infection

M Iannacone, LG Guidotti - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a non-cytopathic, hepatotropic virus with the potential to cause a
persistent infection, ultimately leading to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Over the …

A roadmap for serum biomarkers for hepatitis B virus: current status and future outlook

A Kramvis, KM Chang, M Dandri, P Farci… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Globally, 296 million people are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), and approximately one
million people die annually from HBV-related causes, including liver cancer. Although there …

Cancer‐associated fibroblast‐mediated cellular crosstalk supports hepatocellular carcinoma progression

M Song, J He, QZ Pan, J Yang, J Zhao, YJ Zhang… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are key players in multicellular,
stromal‐dependent alterations leading to HCC pathogenesis. However, the intricate …

Modeling SARS-CoV-2 and HBV co-dynamics with optimal control

A Omame, M Abbas - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Clinical reports have shown that chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) patients co-infected with
SARS-CoV-2 have a higher risk of complications with liver disease than patients without …

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 …

Progress towards elimination goals for viral hepatitis

AL Cox, MH El-Sayed, JH Kao, JV Lazarus… - Nature reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The global burden of viral hepatitis is substantial; in terms of mortality, hepatitis B virus and
hepatitis C virus infections are on a par with HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, among the top …

Hepatitis B virus persistence and reactivation

Y Shi, M Zheng - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes chronic hepatitis and has long term complications.
Individuals ever infected with HBV are at risk of viral reactivation under certain …

Xalnesiran with or without an Immunomodulator in Chronic Hepatitis B

J Hou, W Zhang, Q **e, R Hua, H Tang… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Xalnesiran, a small interfering RNA molecule that targets a conserved region of
the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome and silences multiple HBV transcripts, may have …

[HTML][HTML] Viral hepatitis: Past, present, and future

MA Odenwald, S Paul - World journal of gastroenterology, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Each hepatitis virus—Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, and G—poses a distinct scenario to the patient
and clinician alike. Since the discovery of each virus, extensive knowledge regarding …

Medicinal chemistry strategies for discovering antivirals effective against drug-resistant viruses

Y Ma, E Frutos-Beltrán, D Kang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
During the last forty years we have witnessed impressive advances in the field of antiviral
drug discovery culminating with the introduction of therapies able to stop human …