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Insights into Hepatitis B Virus DNA Integration-55 Years after Virus Discovery
Kaitao Zhao 1 , Andrew Liu 2 , Yuchen Xia 1
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1
State Key Laboratory of Virology and Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
2
Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart Lung Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
PMID: 34557710 PMCID: PMC8454683 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2020.100034
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV), which was discovered in 1965, is a threat to global public health. HBV infects human hepatocytes and leads to acute and chronic liver diseases, and there is no cure. In cells infected by HBV, viral DNA can be integrated into the cellular genome. HBV DNA integration is a complicated process during the HBV life cycle. Although HBV integration normally results in replication-incompetent transcripts, it can still act as a template for viral protein expression. Of note, it is a primary driver of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, with the development of detection methods and research models, the molecular biology and the pathogenicity of HBV DNA integration have been better revealed. Here, we review the advances in the research of HBV DNA integration, including molecular mechanisms, detection methods, research models, the effects on host and viral gene expression, the role of HBV integrations in the pathogenesis of HCC, and potential treatment strategies. Finally, we discuss possible future research prospects of HBV DNA integration.
Keywords: hepatitis B virus; hepatocellular carcinoma; insertional mutagenesis; integration; non-homologous end joining.
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