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The impact of hepatitis B virus precore/core gene carboxyl terminal mutations on viral biosynthesis and the host immune response.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 2014
Wu Jia-Feng, Ni Yen-Hsuan, Chen Huey-Ling, Hsu Hong-Yuan, Chang Mei-Hwei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We aimed to elucidate the impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore/core gene mutations on spontaneous hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion, HBV biosynthesis, and the human immune responses in chronic HBV-infected patients. METHODS: We analyzed the HBV precore/core gene sequences by cloning method in 33 chronic HBV-infected patients during the inflammatory phase before spontaneous HBeAg...
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