HBV X protein-based therapeutic vaccine accelerates viral antigen clearance by mobilizing monocyte infiltration into the liver in HBV carrier mice
Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) persistently infected about 250 million people worldwide, and a curative treatment remains an unmet medical need. Among many approaches to treat chronic hepatitis B (CHB), therapeutic vaccines have been developed for two decades, but none have yielded prom...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Biomedical Science |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12929-020-00662-x |