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A small molecule targeting hepatitis B surface antigen inhibits clinically relevant drug-resistant hepatitis B virus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 28 Jul 2022
Kiruthika S, Bhat Ruchika, Jayaram B, Vivekanandan Perumal
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BACKGROUND: Currently approved oral antivirals for chronic HBV infection target the reverse transcriptase (RT) domain of the HBV polymerase. Emergence of drug resistance has been reported in a small proportion of chronic HBV patients on prolonged treatment with antivirals. We recently reported ZINC20451377, a small molecule targeting hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) that effectively inhibits both WT HBV and...
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