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SUBMITTER: Xu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598044 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Chonghui C Chen Jizheng J Chen Xinwen X
Frontiers in microbiology 20211103
Hepatitis viruses are primary causative agents of hepatitis and represent a major source of public health problems in the world. The host innate immune system forms the first line of defense against hepatitis viruses. Hepatitis viruses are sensed by specific pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) that subsequently trigger the innate immune response and interferon (IFN) production. However, hepatitis viruses evade host immune surveillance via multiple strategies, which help compromise the innate i ...[more]