Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be propagated in vitro in primary cultures of human hepatocytes and some stable hepatoma cell lines maintained under specific conditions. The lack of simple and non-neoplastic cell culture systems for HBV has hampered the analysis of virus life cycle and development of antiviral compounds. In this study, we succeeded in prolonging the lifespan of human hepatocytes in primary culture by transducing them with human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene. The transgenic cells expressed hTERT constitutively and propagated HBV up to 5x10(5) DNA copies/ml for 28 days.
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Univ Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, JapanUniv Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, Japan
Naito, Tatsushi
Matsuda, Hidetaka
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Matsuda, Hidetaka
Ohtani, Masahiro
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Univ Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, JapanUniv Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, Japan
Ohtani, Masahiro
Hiramatsu, Katsushi
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Univ Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, JapanUniv Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, Japan
Hiramatsu, Katsushi
Nemoto, Tomoyuki
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Univ Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, JapanUniv Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, Japan
Nemoto, Tomoyuki
Nishizawa, Tsutomu
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Jichi Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect & Immun, Div Virol, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, JapanUniv Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, Japan
Nishizawa, Tsutomu
Okamoto, Hiroaki
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Jichi Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect & Immun, Div Virol, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, JapanUniv Fukui, Fac Med Sci, Dept Internal Med 2, 23-3 Matsuoka,Eiheiji Cho, Fukui 9101193, Japan