Hepatitis B Virus: Its Life Cycle and the Therapeutic Targets

Dear Colleagues,

We do not have many or good options to the save lives of HBV-infected people around the world. Finding NTCP (sodium taurocholate co-transporting peptide) has enabled us to analyze the HBV life cycle in vitro using human hepatoma cell lines, though it may not be enough. Much knowledge of the HBV life cycle has been accumulating, and thus it is time to think of the next generation of HBV therapy.

This Special Issue will accept all kinds of manuscripts (reviews, research articles, and short communications). Based on the HBV life cycle, what kind of therapy will be designed? What factors could be targets for HBV treatment? Conceptual ideas on HBV treatment and analyses on new compounds to act on cellular targets are also of interest. We would like to discuss the future of HBV treatment, with a view to conquering the infection.

Prof. Dr. Keiji Ueda
Guest Editor

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