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Viral hepatitis: The bumpy road to animal models for HBV infection.

Nat. Rev. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 14, 327-328 (2017)
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Cell culture infection models help to develop antiviral agents, but animal models are required to understand complex virus-host interactions and the development of immune therapies. Although identification of the HBV uptake receptor enabled establishing cell lines that replicate HBV from its natural transcription template, animal models supporting the full HBV life cycle are still lacking.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Hepatitis-b-virus; Mice; Replication; Leads
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1759-5045
e-ISSN 1759-5053
Quellenangaben Volume: 14, Issue: 6, Pages: 327-328 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place New York
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed