Hepatitis B virus persistence in mice reveals IL-21 and IL-33 as regulators of viral clearance
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) establishes chronic infection in only some patients, but the mechanisms underlying clearance failure in these patients are not fully understood. Here, the authors identify and characterize an HBV strain that can persist in mice and show that IL-21 and IL-33 responses contribu...
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Main Authors: |
Zhongliang Shen,
Huijuan Yang,
Sisi Yang,
Wei Wang,
Xiaoxian Cui,
Xian Zhou,
Wei Liu,
Shaokun Pan,
Yanfeng Liu,
Junqi Zhang,
Jiming Zhang,
Youhua Xie,
Jing Liu |
Format: | Article
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Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02304-7
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