Hepatitis B Virus
Hepatitis B and delta virus share common hepatocyte entry step
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 22nd, 2006
"Insights into the early infection events of the human HBV and HDV have been limited because of the lack of a cell culture system supporting the full replication cycle for these important pathogens. The human hepatoma cell line HepaRG allows the experimental induction of a differentiated state, thereby gaining susceptibility toward HBV and HDV infection," wrote M. Engelke and colleagues, University of Heidelberg.
"We recently identified HBV envelope protein-derived lipopeptides comprising amino acids 2 though 48...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-05-22)
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