| Literature DB >> 6579553 |
H E Blum, L Stowring, A Figus, C K Montgomery, A T Haase, G N Vyas.
Abstract
A radiolabeled probe specific for hepatitis B virus (HBV) nucleotide sequences was hybridized in situ to liver tissue from three patients with chronic hepatitis B. The HBV genome was detected not only in infected hepatocytes but also in bile duct epithelial cells, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells. These findings extend the known host cell range for HBV, suggest new mechanisms of viral dissemination, and illustrate the usefulness of in situ hybridization in the study of pathogenesis of HBV infection.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6579553 PMCID: PMC391235 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.21.6685
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205