The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

Infection with hepatitis D viruses causes severe inflammation of the liver. An MHH team has now identified a marker on natural killer cells that is influenced by the anti-inflammatory effectiveness of ...

In a new clinical practice guideline, the AGA provided evidence-based recommendations for either antiviral prophylaxis or continued surveillance to manage hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV ... HCV is an RNA virus that is sensed as nonself in the infected liver by host pattern recognition receptors, triggering downstream signaling to interferons (IFNs).

Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein ... people die from hepatitis C every year. A new study has mapped the protein complex that enables the virus to infect our cells, potentially ...

Duck hepatitis ... recognition receptors, TLR-7 was mainly involved in triggering the innate defense against the DHAV-1 infection. In addition, plasma immune analytes were measured and were determined ...

Objective Hepatitis E virus (HEV ... enterocytes release about 10 times more virus from their apical surface than from their basal surface (figure 2A). Therefore, HEV-infected polarised human ...

At least 250 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV, a small hepatotropic DNA virus ... cells.76 While implying that de novo synthesis of cccDNA can occur, these results need to be ...

Introduction: For complete or functional cure of hepatitis B virus (HBV ... HBV-specific cell-mediated and humoral immune responses. Six- to eight-week-old male HBV transgenic mice [IACUC number ...

HA has a key role in virus cell entry by binding to cell surface receptors, which are also found on red blood cells of certain species. Binding to red cells results in haemagglutination, which can be ...