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Lena Allweiss

Researcher at University of Hamburg

Publications -  67
Citations -  5136

Lena Allweiss is an academic researcher from University of Hamburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis B virus & cccDNA. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 53 publications receiving 3559 citations. Previous affiliations of Lena Allweiss include American Board of Legal Medicine.

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IFN-α inhibits HBV transcription and replication in cell culture and in humanized mice by targeting the epigenetic regulation of the nuclear cccDNA minichromosome

TL;DR: It is shown that IFN-α inhibits HBV replication by decreasing the transcription of pregenomic RNA and subgenomicRNA from the HBV covalently closed circular DNA minichromosome in cultured cells in which HBV is replicating and in mice whose livers have been repopulated with human hepatocytes and infected with HBV.
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The entry inhibitor Myrcludex-B efficiently blocks intrahepatic virus spreading in humanized mice previously infected with hepatitis B virus

TL;DR: Myrcludex-B efficiently not only prevented HBV spreading from infected human hepatocytes in vivo, but also hindered amplification of the cccDNA pool in initially infected hepatocytes.
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Humanized chimeric uPA mouse model for the study of hepatitis B and D virus interactions and preclinical drug evaluation.

TL;DR: An efficient model of HBV/HDV infection is established to exploit mechanisms of viral interference in human hepatocytes and to test the efficacy of an HDV‐entry inhibitor in vivo.