Hepatitis B virus cccDNA clearance: Killing for curing?
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Specific and nonhepatotoxic degradation of nuclear hepatitis B virus cccDNA.
Current antiviral agents can control but not eliminate hepatitis B virus (HBV), because HBV establishes a stable nuclear covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA). Interferon-α treatment can clear HBV but is limited by systemic side effects. We describe how interferon-α can induce specific degradation of the nuclear viral DNA without hepatotoxicity and propose lymphotoxin-β receptor activation as...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0270-9139,1527-3350
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20976