Deep sequencing analysis of serum hepatitis B virus-RNA during nucleot(s)ide analogue therapy.
Shuya MatsudaShinya MaekawaYasuyuki KomiyamaNatsuko NakakukiMasaru MuraokaYuichiro SuzukiMitsuaki SatoAkihisa TatsumiMika MiuraFumitake AmemiyaHiroko ShindoShinichi TakanoMitsuharu FukasawaTatsuya YamaguchiYasuhiro NakayamaTaisuke InoueTadashi SatoAtsuya YamashitaKohji MoriishiNobuyuki EnomotoPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)
Serum HBV-RNA could reflect the transcriptional activity of covalently closed circular DNA and hepatitis B core-related antigen. The dynamics of HBV-RNA could help understanding of the turnover process of HBV covalently closed circular DNA in the liver.