Hepatitis B Virus DNA Integration, Chronic Infections and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is an Old World virus with a high mutation rate, which puts its origins in Africa alongside the origins of Homo sapiens, and is a member of the Hepadnaviridae family that is characterized by a unique viral replication cycle. It targets human hepatocytes and can lead to chronic HBV infection either after acute infection via horizontal transmission usually during infancy or childhood or via maternal-fetal transmission. HBV has been found in ~85% of HBV-related Hepatocellular Carcinomas (HCC), and it can integrate the whole or part of its genome into the host genomic DNA. The molecular mechanisms involved in the HBV DNA integration is not yet clear; thus, multiple models have been described with respect to either the relaxed-circular DNA (rcDNA) or the double-stranded linear DNA (dslDNA) of HBV. Various genes have been found to be affected by HBV DNA integration, including cell-proliferation-related genes, oncogenes and long non-coding RNA genes (lincRNAs). The present review summarizes the advances in the research of HBV DNA integration, focusing on the evolutionary and molecular side of the integration events along with the arising clinical aspects in the light of WHO's commitment to eliminate HBV and viral hepatitis by 2030.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Microorganisms - 9(2021), 8 vom: 23. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bousali, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Papatheodoridis, George [VerfasserIn]
Paraskevis, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Karamitros, Timokratis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic hepatitis
HBV
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Insertional mutagenesis
Journal Article
Pathogen-host interactions
Review
Viral integration

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Date Revised 02.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/microorganisms9081787

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329857762