| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Molecular biology of Hepatitis B virus -- Replication of the Hepatitis B virus genome / Christoph Seeger -- The regulation of Hepatitis B virus gene expression: an overview of the cis- and trans- acting components / Marshall J. Kosovsky -- Animal models and experimental systems in Hepatitis B virus research / Stepahn Schaefer -- pt. 2. Infection and chronic disease -- Natural course of HBV infection / Hubert E. Blum -- Genetic variants of HBV / Tim J. Harrison -- The immunology of chronic hepatitis B / Barbara Rehermann -- pt. 3. Hepatocellular carcinoma -- HBV DNA integration and insertional mutagenesis / Katsuro Koike -- Transactivators of HBV, signal transduction and tumorigenesis / Wolfgang H. Caselmann -- Oncogenes, tumour suppressors and co-factors in hepatocellular carcinoma / Hisaki Nagai -- pt. 4. Rational approaches for the prevention of infection and therapy -- Hepatitis B virus vaccines / Florian Schödel -- Chronic hepatitis B viral infection: cytokines and therapy / Graham R. Foster -- The development of targettable vectors for the liver and prospects for treatment / Ludwig Weiss. |
| Summary |
The book covers both the molecular aspects of hepatitis B virus replication and gene expression in vivo and in model systems, and the clinical impact of genetic variants or immunological response in chronic infection. Major emphasis is laid on the molecular mechanisms underlying hepatitis B virus-associated liver carcinogenesis and their possible relevance to therapy and to the prevention of infection. Rational approaches to design novel vaccines or cytokine treatments, as well as strategies to develop vectors for liver-directed gene therapy, are discussed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hepatitis B virus.
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Hepatitis B virus. |
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Hepatitis B.
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Hepatitis B. |
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Hepatitis B virus. |
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Hepatitis B. |
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Hépatite B. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Koshy, Rajen.
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Caselmann, Wolfgang H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hepatitis B virus. London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific [distributor], 1998 1860940072 (DLC) 98023905 (OCoLC)39024844 |
| ISBN |
9781848161078 (electronic book) |
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1848161077 (electronic book) |
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1860940072 |
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9781860940071 |
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