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Hepatitis B virus persistence in mice reveals IL-21 and IL-33 as regulators of viral clearance

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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 8, 期 -, 页码 -

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02304-7

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  1. NSFC [31670166, 81472226, 81461130019, 81471933, 81672009]
  2. National Science and Technology Major Project for Infectious Diseases [2012ZX10002-006, 2013ZX10002-001]
  3. '973' programme [2012CB519002]
  4. Shanghai Municipal Education Commission programme [2017-01-07-00-07-E00057]

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) generally causes self-limiting infection in immunocompetent adults, but establishes chronic infection in some adults and in most maternally infected infants. Factors determining clearance versus persistence are not fully understood. Hydrodynamic injection (HDI) of HBV replicon plasmid via tail vein generally results in quick clearance in immunocompetent adult mice. Here, we report the identification of strain-specific persistence of HBV in mice: one genotype B strain, designated BPS, persisted up to 33 weeks in similar to 50% of HDI mice. BPS persistence requires viral replication and multiple viral features. Compared to quickly cleared strains, BPS fails to induce robust post-exposure serum IL-21/IL-33 responses. Injection of IL-21-expressing or IL-33-expressing plasmids facilitates clearance of pre-established BPS persistence and protects cured mice from BPS re-challenge. IL-21 and IL-33 also induce clearance of pre-established HBV persistence in another mouse model. These data reveal IL-21 and IL-33 as potent regulators of HBV clearance and valid drug candidates.

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