Hep B Cure

HBV Research Protocols

Fluorescent-bait labelling for the ex vivo detection of HBV antigen-specific B cells

Fluorescently conjugated antigen-bait systems have been extensively used to identify antigen-specific B cells and probe humoral immunity across different settings. ... [Read more]

30 April, 2021
Tetramer enrichment for HBV-specific CD8+ T cells

The frequency of HBV-specific CD8+ T cells can be very low, depending on the specificity. Therefore, they cannot always be detected by conventional ex vivo... [Read more]

03 July, 2020
A fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assay for detection of HBV DNA in cell culture models
- Although a plethora of knowledge on the molecular life cycle of Hepatitis B Virus has been gained by utilizing classical methods, they can only inform o... [Read more]
19 June, 2020
HBV Ribonuclease H assay resolved by denaturing PAGE
- This assay characterizes the products of HBV RNase H activity on a DNA:RNA heteroduplex.
- Products are resolved by denaturing PAGE to assess ... [Read more]
06 June, 2019
HBV Ribonuclease H FRET Assay
- This assay detects the activity of HBV RNaseH using fluorescence resonance energy transfer
- The ribonuclease H (RNaseH) substrate is an RNA D... [Read more]
06 June, 2019
A Southern Blot Assay for Detection of HBV cccDNA from Cell Cultures
- As an essential component of HBV life cycle, the viral covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) is synthesized and maintained at low copy numbers in the ... [Read more]
03 June, 2019
Modeling HBV infection and therapy in immunodeficient NOD-Rag1-/-IL2RgammaC-null (NRG) fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH) knockout mice with human chimeric liver
- Besides human, only a few species have been reported to be permissive for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection(1-3). Human liver chimeric mouse models have... [Read more]
25 May, 2019
Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase Epsilon RNA Binding Assays
- HBV polymerase activity is assayed by measuring its ability to bind viral RNA at a secondary-structure motif, the epsilon (e) stem-loop structure.
24 May, 2019
In Vitro Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase Priming Assay
- HBV polymerase activity is assayed by measuring the first step in DNA synthesis, protein priming, wherein the polymerase becomes nucleotide-labelled.[Read more]
23 May, 2019
HBV and HDV infection in uPA/SCID mice with humanized livers
- This protocol describes the infection of liver humanized mice (here UPA/SCID mice) with hepatitis B and /or hepatitis D viruses.
- We also address... [Read more]
21 May, 2019

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24 Nov

Very important topic for HCPs managing our #HBV patients and also for the patients themselves. Need to think beyond the virus as well! @HepBFoundation @ICE_HBV @swang8 @thatliverguy @jacki0362 @KathrynJackNHS @pippa_matt https://twitter.com/easlnews/status/1463494923043414016

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In today’s #readoftheweek📚, learn why metabolic health assessment should be encouraged among patients with #ChronicHepatitisB, especially in those with #fattyliverdisease.

👉Read here this open-access @JHEP_Reports article: http://bit.ly/3r88itU

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World Hepatitis Alliance @Hep_Alliance·

24 Nov

"Self-stigma comes first, and it comes at the moment of being diagnosed"

@thatliverguy talks about the self-stigma and societal stigma many people living with #hepatitis B have to face every day.

More on stigma and how to end it in our stigma report https://bit.ly/Stigma_report

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