Immune balance in Hepatitis B Infection: Present and Future Therapies
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Immune Response in Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can replicate within hepatocytes without causing direct cell damage. The host immune response is, therefore, not only essential to control the spread of virus infection, but it is also responsible for the inflammatory events causing liver pathologies. In this review, we discuss how HBV deals with host immunity and how we can harness it to achieve virus control and suppre...
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From the Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Address reprint requests to Dr. Liang at the Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10-9B16, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892-1800, or at [email protected].
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From the Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Address reprint requests to Dr. Liang at the Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10-9B16, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892-1800, or at [email protected].
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0300-9475
DOI: 10.1111/sji.12553