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SUBMITTER: Salpini R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7077195 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salpini Romina R Piermatteo Lorenzo L Battisti Arianna A Colagrossi Luna L Aragri Marianna M Yu La Rosa Katia K Bertoli Ada A Saccomandi Patrizia P Lichtner Miriam M Marignani Massimo M Maylin Sarah S Delaugerre Constance C Morisco Filomena F Morisco Filomena F Coppola Nicola N Marrone Aldo A Iapadre Nerio N Cerva Carlotta C Aquaro Stefano S Angelico Mario M Sarmati Loredana L Andreoni Massimo M Verheyen Jens J Ceccherini-Silberstein Francesca F Levrero Massimo M Perno Carlo Federico CF Belloni Laura L Svicher Valentina V
Viruses 20200223 2
Immune-suppression driven Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-reactivation poses serious concerns since it occurs in several clinical settings and can result in severe forms of hepatitis. Previous studies showed that HBV strains, circulating in patients with HBV-reactivation, are characterized by an enrichment of immune-escape mutations in HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Here, we focused on specific immune-escape mutations associated with the acquisition of N-linked glycosylation sites in HBsAg (NLGSs). In par ...[more]