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RNAi-based treatment of chronically infected patients and chimpanzees reveals that integrated hepatitis B virus DNA is a source of HBsAg

2017; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 9; Issue: 409 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/scitranslmed.aan0241

ISSN

1946-6242

Autores

Christine I. Wooddell, Man‐Fung Yuen, Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan, Robert G. Gish, Stephen Locarnini, Deborah Chavez, Carlo Ferrari, Bruce D. Given, James Hamilton, Steven B. Kanner, Ching‐Lung Lai, Johnson Y.N. Lau, Thomas Schluep, Zhao Xu, Robert E. Lanford, David L. Lewis,

Tópico(s)

Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Resumo

The hepatitis B virus surface antigen, key to maintaining chronic infection, is expressed from viral DNA integrated into the host chromosome.

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