Delta hepatitis: new approaches to therapy

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection is a neglected disease despite causing the most severe form of viral hepatitis. Over 15 million people are infected worldwide. IFN-α is largely inefficient and poorly tolerated. The discovery of sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide as the cell receptor for HBV (and consequently for HDV) has allowed development of viral entry inhibitors (i.e., myrcludex-B). More recently, prenylation inhibitors (i.e., lonafarnib) that disrupt virion assembly are being tested. At this time, sustained suppression of HDV replication is the primary goal of hepatitis delta treatment, being associated with normalization of liver enzymes and histological improvement. The lack of persistent forms of HDV-RNA could provide unique opportunities for hepatitis delta cure using specific antivirals, even in the face of persistent HBV cccDNA..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Future virology - 11(2016), 3, Seite 197-205

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Soriano, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Labarga, Pablo [Sonstige Person]
de Mendoza, Carmen [Sonstige Person]
Fernández-Montero, José V [Sonstige Person]
Treviño, Ana [Sonstige Person]
Benítez-Gutiérrez, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Peña, José M [Sonstige Person]
Barreiro, Pablo [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Antiviral drugs
Gene therapy
Global health
HDV
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis delta virus
Inhibitor drugs
Lonafarnib
Myrcludex-B
Tenofovir
Transplantation
Viral infections

doi:

10.2217/fvl-2015-0009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1973456303