Visualization of hepatitis B virus entry: novel tools and approaches to directly follow virus entry into hepatocytes
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a widespread human pathogen, responsible for chronic infections of ca. 240 million people worldwide. Until recently, the entry pathway of HBV into hepatocytes was only partially understood. The identification of human sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) a...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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27 May 2016
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FEBS letters
Year: 2016, Volume: 590, Issue: 13, Pages: 1915-1926 |
| ISSN: | 1873-3468 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1873-3468.12202 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.12202 Verlag, Volltext: https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1873-3468.12202 
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| Author Notes: | Zhenfeng Zhang, Benno Zehnder, Christine Damrau and Stephan Urban |
| Summary: | Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a widespread human pathogen, responsible for chronic infections of ca. 240 million people worldwide. Until recently, the entry pathway of HBV into hepatocytes was only partially understood. The identification of human sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) as a bona fide receptor of HBV has provided us with new tools to investigate this pathway in more details. Combined with advances in virus visualization techniques, approaches to directly visualize HBV cell attachment, NTCP interaction, virion internalization and intracellular transport are now becoming feasible. This review summarizes our current understanding of how HBV specifically enters hepatocytes, and describes possible visualization strategies applicable for a deeper understanding of the underlying cell biological processes. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 12.02.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-3468 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1873-3468.12202 |