Diversity of the nucleic acid forms of circulating HBV in chronically infected patients and its impact on viral cycle.
Alternative splicing
Chronic hepatitis
Chronic infection
HBV
HBV pregenomic RNA
Liver disease
Viral circulating forms
Viral cycle
Viral genome diversity
Viral hepatitis
Journal
Hepatology international
ISSN: 1936-0541
Titre abrégé: Hepatol Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101304009
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
02
03
2022
accepted:
01
07
2022
pubmed:
5
8
2022
medline:
30
11
2022
entrez:
4
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Besides the prototypical hepatitis B virus (HBV) infectious particle, which contains a full-length double-stranded DNA (flDNA), additional circulating virus-like particles, which carry pregenomic RNA (pgRNA), spliced1RNA (sp1RNA) or spliced-derived DNA (defDNA) forms have been described. We aimed to determine the level of these four circulating forms in patients and to evaluate their impact on viral lifecycle. Chronic HBV untreated patients (n = 162), included in the HEPATHER cohort, were investigated. Pangenomic qPCRs were set up to quantify the four circulating forms of HBV nucleic acids (HBV Hierarchical clustering individualized two clusters of HBV Besides the critical role of HBV replication in circulating HBV Patients were included from a prospective multicenter French national cohort (ANRS CO22 HEPATHER, NCT01953458).
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Besides the prototypical hepatitis B virus (HBV) infectious particle, which contains a full-length double-stranded DNA (flDNA), additional circulating virus-like particles, which carry pregenomic RNA (pgRNA), spliced1RNA (sp1RNA) or spliced-derived DNA (defDNA) forms have been described. We aimed to determine the level of these four circulating forms in patients and to evaluate their impact on viral lifecycle.
METHODS
METHODS
Chronic HBV untreated patients (n = 162), included in the HEPATHER cohort, were investigated. Pangenomic qPCRs were set up to quantify the four circulating forms of HBV nucleic acids (HBV
RESULTS
RESULTS
Hierarchical clustering individualized two clusters of HBV
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Besides the critical role of HBV replication in circulating HBV
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION
BACKGROUND
Patients were included from a prospective multicenter French national cohort (ANRS CO22 HEPATHER, NCT01953458).
Identifiants
pubmed: 35927368
doi: 10.1007/s12072-022-10389-6
pii: 10.1007/s12072-022-10389-6
doi:
Substances chimiques
Nucleic Acids
0
DNA, Viral
0
RNA
63231-63-0
RNA, Viral
0
Banques de données
ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT01953458']
Types de publication
Multicenter Study
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1259-1272Subventions
Organisme : Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales
ID : ECTZ 103985
Organisme : Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales
ID : ECTZ 163186
Organisme : FRM
ID : EQU202003010517
Informations de copyright
© 2022. Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver.
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