The Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) targets and suppresses activation of the Toll-like receptor signaling pathway

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 762-769

  Lang, Tali ^a   Lo, Camden ^a   Skinner, Narelle ^a   Locarnini, Stephen ^b   Visvanathan, Kumar ^a   Mansell, Ashley ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B precore; Immunomodulate; Immunotolerant; Innate immunity; NF B; Pathogen recognition receptors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; BETA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88 ADAPTER LIKE PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; HEK293 CELLS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERFERON-BETA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEOLIPIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 80052444371     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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