Open AccessHepatitis B virus infection of transplanted human hepatocytes causes a biochemical and histological hepatitis in immunocompetent rats
Author(s) -
Catherine H. Wu,
Edwin C. Ouyang,
Cherie M. Walton,
Kittichai Promrat,
Faripour Forouhar,
George Y. Wu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.978
Subject(s) - cccdna , hbcag , hbsag , biology , hepatitis b virus , virology , virus , viral replication , hepatitis , immunology
To characterize the host response to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in human hepatocytes transplanted into immunocompetent rodent rats tolerized by, and transplanted with primary human hepatocytes.