3D microfluidic liver cultures as a physiological preclinical tool for hepatitis B virus infection

Autor: A. M. Ortega-Prieto, J. K. Skelton, S. N. Wai, E. Large, M. Lussignol, G. Vizcay-Barrena, D. Hughes, R. A. Fleck, M. Thursz, M. T. Catanese, M. Dorner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02969-8
Popis: Long-term in vitro models for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are important to understand this infection, but are lacking. Here the authors develop a microfluidic primary human hepatocyte organoid culture system that can be maintained over 40 days and recapitulates all of the steps of the HBV life cycle.
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