Hep B Cure

HBV Research Protocols

A modified kit-based HBV protein-free DNA extraction from liver tissues and cell cultures for HBV cccDNA Southern blot and qPCR
- cccDNA quantification from total DNA preparation by qPCR with cccDNA-selective primers is challenging because of the coexisting HBV DNA forms (replicati... [Read more]
21 September, 2022
A sensitive and rapid Southern blot assay based on branched DNA technology for the detection of HBV DNA in cell culture and liver tissue samples
- Sothern blot is considered the “gold standard” for cccDNA detection because it can separate the cccDNA from protein-free relaxed circular DNA (pf-rcDNA,... [Read more]
21 September, 2022
An Optimized Ex Vivo Flurospot assay to identify multi-functional HBV-specific T cells in Chronic Hepatitis B patients

During a traditional FluroSpot assay, low HBV Specific T cell frequencies have hindered effective ex vivo analysis. We overcame this obstacle to measure ex vivo T c... [Read more]

07 March, 2022
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

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2 Feb

‼️ Have you seen our #HBVCureFAQs web series yet?! Check out the videos from world #HBV experts explaining the #HBVCure research!
👉🔗https://ice-hbv.org/hbv-cure-faqs/

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1 Feb

Great joint effort! @agenceANRS @ipcureb https://twitter.com/ice_hbv/status/1620753575982010369

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‼️👉 Keep an eye out for Dr Maura Dandri and team at @UKEHamburg @DZIF_ new publication coming out in @Gut_BMJ titled "Quantification of the Hepatitis B Virus cccDNA: Evidence-based guidelines for
monitoring the key obstacle of HBV cure"
Congrats to all authors!

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