Influence of mutations in hepatitis B virus surface protein on viral antigenicity and phenotype in occult HBV strains from blood donors

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 720-729

  Huang, Cheng Hao ^a   Yuan, Quan ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^b   Zhang, Ya Li ^a   Chen, Chang Rong ^c   Zheng, Qing Bing ^a   Yeh, Shiou Hwei ^b   Yu, Hai ^a   Xue, Yu ^a   Chen, Yi Xin ^a   Liu, Ping Guo ^a   Ge, Sheng Xiang ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Xia, Ning Shao ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Xiamen Blood Service   (China)

Author keywords

Antigenicity; HBsAg mutants; Occult HBV infection; Secretion deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; EPITOPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VITRONECTIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HYDROPHILIC REGION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84984550248     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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