| Literature DB >> 28605637 |
Gustaf E Rydell1, Kasthuri Prakash2, Heléne Norder3, Magnus Lindh4.
Abstract
During hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections subviral particles (SVP) consisting mainly of hepatitis B surface antigen are present at much higher concentration than viral particles (VP) in serum. To investigate reasons for this excess of SVP production, SVP and VP were fractionated on a Nycodenz gradient and analyzed for HBV infection of HepG2-NTCP cells with and without anti-HBs antibodies. Our findings showed that SVP significantly reduced the neutralization of VP by anti-HBs, while SVP had little effect on viral entry, supporting the assumption that SVP serve as decoy facilitating cell-to-cell spread of HBV in the presence of neutralizing antibodies.Entities:
Keywords: Attachment; Dane particles; HBV; HBsAg; Neutralisation
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28605637 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.05.017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virology ISSN: 0042-6822 Impact factor: 3.616