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20138932

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
APOBEC3 proteins function as part of innate antiviral immunity and induce G to A hypermutation in retroviruses and hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes. Whether APOBEC3 proteins affect viruses that replicate without a reverse transcription step is unknown. TT virus (TTV), known to present in serum of healthy individuals and HBV carriers, has a single-stranded circular DNA genome and replicates without reverse transcription. In this study, we examined 67 blood samples obtained from healthy individuals and HBV carriers and observed G to A hypermutation of genomes of TTV in both healthy individuals and HBV carriers. During ALT flare-up in HBV carriers, G to A hypermutation of HBV increased, but TTV genomes significantly decreased in number and hypermutated TTV genomes became undetectable. Our results show that hypermutated TTV exist in healthy individuals and HBV carriers and that TTV genomes were susceptible to immune reaction directed to HBV by interacting with APOBEC3 proteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1872-7492
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
G to A hypermutation of TT virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't