IFN-α inhibits HBV transcription and replication in cell culture and in humanized mice by targeting the epigenetic regulation of the nuclear cccDNA minichromosome.

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Published in J Clin Invest on January 17, 2012

Authors

Laura Belloni1, Lena Allweiss, Francesca Guerrieri, Natalia Pediconi, Tassilo Volz, Teresa Pollicino, Joerg Petersen, Giovanni Raimondo, Maura Dandri, Massimo Levrero

Author Affiliations

1: EAL Inserm U785, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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