Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Targeting hepatitis B virus (HBV) host factors
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Application No.: US15268119Application Date: 2016-09-16
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Publication No.: US09771590B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Abraham L. Brass , Miles C. Smith
- Applicant: University of Massachusetts
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: University of Massachusetts
- Current Assignee: University of Massachusetts
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: C07H21/02
- IPC: C07H21/02 ; C07H21/04 ; A61K48/00 ; C12N15/113 ; C12Q1/18
Abstract:
Described herein are methods of identifying host factors that modulate Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in mammalian, e.g., human cells, as well as factors identified by those methods, and methods of treating HBV infections by targeting those factors. Zinc finger, CCHC domain containing 14 (ZCCHC14) is an exemplary host factor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170081664A1 Targeting Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Host Factors Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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