Interleukin-34 inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in vitro and in vivo.

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection could activate the immune system and induce extensive inflammatory response. As the most important inflammatory factor, interleukins are critical for anti-viral immunity. Here we investigated whether interleukin-34 (IL-34) play a role in HBV infection.In this st...

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Main Authors: Sheng-Tao Cheng, Hua Tang, Ji-Hua Ren, Xiang Chen, Ai-Long Huang, Juan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5470710?pdf=render