Limited Hepatitis B Virus Replication Space in the Chronically Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Liver

作者:Wieland S F*; Asabe S; Engle R E; Purcell R H; Chisari F V
来源:Journal of Virology, 2014, 88(9): 5184-5188.
DOI:10.1128/JVI.03553-13

摘要

We compared the kinetics and magnitude of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-naive and chronically HCV-infected chimpanzees in whose livers type I interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) expression is strongly induced. HBV infection was delayed and attenuated in the HCV-infected animals, and the number of HBV-infected hepatocytes was drastically reduced. These results suggest that establishment of HBV infection and its replication space is limited by the antiviral effects of type I interferon in the chronically HCV-infected liver.

  • 出版日期2014-5