Screening for inhibitor of episomal DNA identified dicumarol as a hepatitis B virus inhibitor.

Screening for inhibitor of episomal DNA identified dicumarol as a hepatitis B virus inhibitor.

Currently, there is no available therapy to eradicate hepatitis B virus (HBV) in chronically infected individuals. This is due to the difficulty in eliminating viral covalently closed circular (ccc) DNA, which is central to the gene expression and replication of HBV. We developed an assay system for...

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Main Authors: Fumihiko Takeuchi, Sotaro Ikeda, Yuta Tsukamoto, Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Chen Qihao, Yukie Otakaki, Ouda Ryota, Wan-Ling Yao, Ryo Narita, Hijikata Makoto, Koichi Watashi, Takaji Wakita, Koh Takeuchi, Kazuaki Chayama, Amane Kogure, Hiroki Kato, Takashi Fujita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212233

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