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ReviewScience translational medicine2025

Targeting HBV with RNA interference: Paths to cure.

Matteo Iannacone, Cristian G Beccaria, Lena Allweiss, Julie Lucifora, John E Tavis, Adam J Gehring, Maura Dandri

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Review in Science translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Matteo IannaconeDivision of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9370-2671
Cristian G BeccariaDivision of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9682-4415
Lena AllweissI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-1156-2320
Julie LuciforaCIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, University of Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, F-69007, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0482-7809
John E TavisDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Saint Louis University Institute for Drug and Biotherapeutic Innovation, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Adam J GehringSchwartz Reisman Liver Research Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1150-5840
Maura DandriI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0073-6689

Funding

Lead optimization of Hepatitis B Virus ribonuclease H inhibitorsR01AI150610 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI MEYERS, MARVIN J, TAVIS, JOHN E · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
HBV RNaseH inhibitors: Effects on HBV biology and resistance developmentR01AI148362 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI TAVIS, JOHN E · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148362NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects millions worldwide despite the availability of effective vaccines. The stability of HBV's genomic minichromosome (cccDNA) within hepatocytes, the persistence of integrated viral sequences capable of producing viral antigens, and the ability of the virus to evade immune control all contribute to the difficulty in achieving a functional cure. Existing antiviral treatments have minimal impact on HBV transcription, allowing persistent viral antigen production and immune dysfunction. Emerging RNA interference (RNAi) therapies targeting HBV RNAs reduce viral replication, antigen expression, and, in turn, cccDNA activity, providing a potential path to a functional cure.

Indexed as

Hepatitis B virusRNA InterferenceAnimalsAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B, ChronicHumansVirus ReplicationAntiviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID40601778
PMCPMC12801669

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