Advances in targeting the innate and adaptive immune systems to cure chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Z Meng, Y Chen, M Lu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
“Functional cure” is being pursued as the ultimate endpoint of antiviral treatment in chronic
hepatitis B (CHB), which is characterized by loss of HBsAg whether or not anti-HBs …

MYD88 L265P Mutation in Lymphoid Malignancies

X Yu, W Li, Q Deng, L Li, ED Hsi, KH Young, M Zhang… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Next-generation sequencing has revealed cancer genomic landscapes, in which over 100
driver genes that, when altered by intragenic mutations, can promote oncogenesis. MYD88 …

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 …

Novel therapeutic strategies for chronic hepatitis B

S Phillips, R Jagatia, S Chokshi - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The last few years have seen a resurgence of activity in the hepatitis B drug pipeline, with
many compounds in various stages of development. This review aims to provide a …

Cholesterol accumulation on dendritic cells reverses chronic hepatitis B virus infection-induced dysfunction

H Zhao, Y Yu, Y Wang, L Zhao, A Yang, Y Hu… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection remains a serious public health problem worldwide;
however, the relationship between cholesterol levels and CHB remains unclear. We isolated …

Current advances in the elimination of hepatitis B in China by 2030

S Zhang, F Wang, Z Zhang - Frontiers of Medicine, 2017 - Springer
With its 78 million chronic carriers, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still one of the leading
public health challenges in China. Over the last two decades, China has made great …

The multiple functions of B cells in chronic HBV infection

Y Cai, W Yin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the main causes of liver diseases, of which
the natural history and clinical outcomes are associated with the role of B cells. As humoral …

Detection of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) covalently-closed-circular DNA (cccDNA) in mice transduced with a recombinant AAV-HBV vector

J Lucifora, A Salvetti, X Marniquet, L Mailly, B Testoni… - Antiviral research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) persists in infected hepatocytes as an episomal covalently-
closed-circular DNA mini-chromosome, called cccDNA. As the main nuclear transcription …

Engineered anti-PDL1 with IFNα targets both immunoinhibitory and activating signals in the liver to break HBV immune tolerance

CY Meng, S Sun, Y Liang, H Xu, C Zhang, M Zhang… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The purpose of this study is to develop an anti-PDL1-based interferon (IFN) fusion
protein to overcome the chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced immune tolerance, and …

Immunotherapy and therapeutic vaccines for chronic HBV infection

J Lang-Meli, C Neumann-Haefelin, R Thimme - Current Opinion in Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major global health burden causing severe
complications like liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Curative treatment options are …