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The cytoplasmic HBVDNA implication: HBV replication or non-replicative status.

Y Y Zhang·P Yan·Z Q Yu·Y K Wang·L J Hao
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Intrahepatocellular HBVDNA was investigated in patients with chronic hepatitis B by in situ hybridization assay, employing biotin-labelled HBVDNA as the specific probe. It was found that HBVDNA was predominantly present in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes. In general the cases with cytoplasmic HBVDNA could be grouped as follows: 1) cytoplasmic HBVDNA coinciding with intrahepatic envelope protein and nucleocapsid component expression, this pattern of the cytoplasmic HBVDNA would be replicative; 2) cytoplasmic HBVDNA accompanied by intrahepatic single HBsAg expression, common to HBVDNA integrated into host genome with only HBsAg being found frequently in liver; 3) with only cytoplasmic HBVDNA, with neither HBsAg nor HBcAg expression, representative for non-replicative status. It is speculated that the reason for the occurrence of the cytoplasmic hybridization signal in cases with non-replicative HBVDNA may be due to DNA-RNA transcript hybrid. The prudent way to evaluate the implication of the cytoplasmic HBVDNA is to consider the combination of HBVDNA location, intrahepatic gene product expression, and HBV markers in the serum.

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CytoplasmDNA ReplicationDNA, ViralHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHepatitis, ChronicHumansImmunoblottingLiverTranscription, GeneticVirus ReplicationJournal Article

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Y Y Zhang, P Yan, Z Q Yu, Y K Wang, L J Hao. 1990. The cytoplasmic HBVDNA implication: HBV replication or non-replicative status.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02887863

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