Therapeutic strategies for hepatitis B virus infection: towards a cure

GC Fanning, F Zoulim, J Hou, A Bertoletti - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a common cause of liver disease globally, with a
disproportionately high burden in South-East Asia. Vaccines and nucleoside or nucleotide …

Restoring, releasing or replacing adaptive immunity in chronic hepatitis B

MK Maini, AR Burton - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2019 - nature.com
Multiple new therapeutic approaches are currently being developed to achieve sustained,
off-treatment suppression of HBV, a persistent hepatotropic infection that kills~ 2,000 people …

[HTML][HTML] Human neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 require intact Fc effector functions for optimal therapeutic protection

ES Winkler, P Gilchuk, J Yu, AL Bailey, RE Chen… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 has caused the global COVID-19 pandemic. Although passively delivered
neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 show promise in clinical trials, their mechanism …

Dual-targeting nanoparticle vaccine elicits a therapeutic antibody response against chronic hepatitis B

W Wang, X Zhou, Y Bian, S Wang, Q Chai… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Chronic hepatitis B is caused by prolonged infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which
can substantially increase the risk of developing liver disease. Despite the development of …

An IgM-like inhalable ACE2 fusion protein broadly neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

J Liu, F Mao, J Chen, S Lu, Y Qi, Y Sun, L Fang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Many of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics are not effective
against newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here, we developed the metallo-enzyme …

A bispecific antibody targeting GPC3 and CD47 induced enhanced antitumor efficacy against dual antigen-expressing HCC

K Du, Y Li, J Liu, W Chen, Z Wei, Y Luo, H Liu, Y Qi… - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
Glypican-3 (GPC3) is a well-characterized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-associated
antigen, yet anti-GPC3 therapies have achieved only minimal clinical progress. CD47 is a …

Toward a complete cure for chronic hepatitis B: Novel therapeutic targets for hepatitis B virus

SW Kim, JS Yoon, M Lee, Y Cho - Clinical and molecular …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects approximately 250 million patients worldwide, resulting in the
progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, which are serious public health …

[HTML][HTML] On the road to ending the COVID-19 pandemic: Are we there yet?

JB Case, ES Winkler, JM Errico, MS Diamond - Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged into the human
population in late 2019 and caused the global COVID-19 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 has …

Recent advances in hepatitis B treatment

GM Prifti, D Moianos, E Giannakopoulou, V Pardali… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus infection affects over 250 million chronic carriers, causing more than
800,000 deaths annually, although a safe and effective vaccine is available. Currently used …

Dysregulated response of follicular helper T cells to hepatitis B surface antigen promotes HBV persistence in mice and associates with outcomes of patients

X Wang, Q Dong, Q Li, Y Li, D Zhao, J Sun, J Fu… - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Production of neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen
(HBsAg) is dysregulated in patients with persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We …