Hepatitis B and D Protocols : Volume 2: Immunology, Model Systems, and Clinical Studies - Hamatake, Robert K.; Lau, Johnson Y. N.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2004)
Viral-Specific Immunological and Other Host Responses -- Studying Host Immune Responses Against Duck Hepatitis B Virus Infection -- Measurement of Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Woodchucks -- Study of Liver-Specific Expression of Cytokines During Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus Infection -- Induction of Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Immune Responses Through DNA Immunization -- Monitoring Gene Expression Using DNA Microarrays During Hepatitis B Virus Infection -- Determination of Hepatitis B Virus-Specific CD8+ T-Cell Activity in the Liver -- Determining the Precursor Frequency of HBV Nucleocapsid Antigen-Specific T Cells -- Detection and Characterization of Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells Using the Tetramer Approach -- In Vitro Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Specific CD4+ T Cells -- Induction of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses to Hepatitis Delta Virus Through DNA Immunization in BALB/c Mice -- In Vitro and In Vivo Models -- Infection of Primary Chimpanzee Hepatocytes with Recombinant Hepatitis D Virus Particles -- Study of the Endocytosis and Intracellular Localization of Subviral Particles of Hepatitis B Virus in Primary Hepatocytes -- The Tupaia Model for the Study of Hepatitis B Virus -- Delivery of Hepatitis B Virus Therapeutic Agents Using Asialoglycoprotein Receptor-Based Liver-Specific Targeting -- Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus Hepatocyte Culture Models -- Duck Hepatitis B Virus Primary Hepatocyte Culture Model -- Enhancement of Infection of HepG2 Cells in Culture by Predigestion of Hepadnavirus with V8 Protease -- Construction of Recombinant Adenoviruses that Produce Infectious Hepatitis B Virus -- Baculovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer for the Study of Hepatitis B Virus -- Transgenic Hepatitis B Virus Mouse Model in the Study of Chemotherapy -- Transplantation of Human Hepatocytes in Immunodeficient UPA Mice -- Duck Hepatitis B Virus Model in the Study of Hepatitis B Virus -- Hepatitis B Virus Transgenic Severe Combined Immunodeficient Mouse Model of Acute and Chronic Liver Disease -- The Chimpanzee Model -- Hepatitis B in Liver Transplant Recipients as a Special Model of Antiviral Drug Development -- Hepatitis Delta Virus Transfection for the Mouse In Vivo Model -- Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA Transfection for the Cell Culture Model -- Antiviral Testing and Clinical Studies -- Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Dynamics and Its Impact on Antiviral Development -- Genotyping Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Drug Resistance -- A Parsimonious Method for Screening Drug Combinations for Antihepadnaviral Activity Using a Parametric Dose-Response Surface Approach -- Hepatitis B Virus -- Designing Studies to Evaluate Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Therapies -- Specific Considerations in the Design of Hepatitis B Virus Clinical Studies in the Far East -- Studying the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Viral Infection in Special Populations -- Designing Clinical Development Programs for Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Drugs -- Testing Antivirals Against Hepatitis Delta Virus.
Keywords: Infectious diseases; Infectious Diseases