HBV | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

The B virus (HBV) is a coated DNA virus that causes hepatitis B infection.

Synonyms

Hepatitis B virus

Detailed description

B is the most common chronic viral infection worldwide. The virus exists in blood and other body fluids. It infects human liver cells and propagates in them.

Apr 2024

J Viral Hepat

Elevation of S2-bound α1-acid glycoprotein is associated with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma

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Oltmanns C et al.

Apr 2024

Microbiol Spectr

Arsenic trioxide impacts hepatitis B virus core nuclear localization and efficiently interferes with HBV infection

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Hofmann S et al.

Apr 2024

Antiviral Res

The lack of HBsAg secretion does neither facilitate induction of antiviral T cell responses nor Hepatitis B Virus clearance in mice

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Michler T et al.

Mar 2024

PLoS Comput Biol

Multiscale modeling of HBV infection integrating intra- and intercellular viral propagation to analyze extracellular viral markers

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Kitagawa K et al.

Prof. Percy Knolle and first author Dr Miriam Bosch in front of a fluorescence microscope in the lab

Hepatitis B: Liver cells switch off the immune response

In chronic hepatitis B, the liver contains immune cells that could destroy hepatitis B virus-infected cells but are inactive. An international team led by Percy Knolle and Ulrike Protzer at the

Jul 2024

Nature