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SUBMITTER: Ueda K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9455612 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ueda Keiji K Suwanmanee Yadarat Y
International journal of molecular sciences 20220824 17
Elucidation of the factors responsible for hepatitis B virus (HBV) is extremely important in order to understand the viral life cycle and pathogenesis, and thereby explore potential anti-HBV drugs. The recent determination that sodium taurocholate co-transporting peptide (NTCP) is an essential molecule for the HBV entry into cells led to the development of an HBV infection system in vitro using a human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell line expressing NTCP; however, the precise mechanism of HB ...[more]