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Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future
The hepatitis B virus is responsible for most of the chronic liver disease and liver cancer worldwide. As actual therapeutic strategies have had little success in eradicating the virus from hepatocytes, and as lifelong treatment is often required, new drugs targeting the various phases of the hepati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578347 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13091767 |
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author | Bartoli, Alessandra Gabrielli, Filippo Tassi, Andrea Cursaro, Carmela Pinelli, Ambra Andreone, Pietro |
author_facet | Bartoli, Alessandra Gabrielli, Filippo Tassi, Andrea Cursaro, Carmela Pinelli, Ambra Andreone, Pietro |
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description | The hepatitis B virus is responsible for most of the chronic liver disease and liver cancer worldwide. As actual therapeutic strategies have had little success in eradicating the virus from hepatocytes, and as lifelong treatment is often required, new drugs targeting the various phases of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) lifecycle are currently under investigation. In this review, we provide an overview of potential future treatments for HBV. |
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spelling | pubmed-84734422021-09-28 Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future Bartoli, Alessandra Gabrielli, Filippo Tassi, Andrea Cursaro, Carmela Pinelli, Ambra Andreone, Pietro Viruses Review The hepatitis B virus is responsible for most of the chronic liver disease and liver cancer worldwide. As actual therapeutic strategies have had little success in eradicating the virus from hepatocytes, and as lifelong treatment is often required, new drugs targeting the various phases of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) lifecycle are currently under investigation. In this review, we provide an overview of potential future treatments for HBV. MDPI 2021-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8473442/ /pubmed/34578347 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13091767 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Bartoli, Alessandra Gabrielli, Filippo Tassi, Andrea Cursaro, Carmela Pinelli, Ambra Andreone, Pietro Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future |
title | Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future |
title_full | Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future |
title_fullStr | Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future |
title_full_unstemmed | Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future |
title_short | Treatments for HBV: A Glimpse into the Future |
title_sort | treatments for hbv: a glimpse into the future |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578347 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13091767 |
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