Hepatitis B virus DNA in liver, serum, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells after the clearance of serum hepatitis B virus surface antigen

‘Touchdown’ PCR to circumvent spurious priming during gene amplification

1991 • 2,630 citations

The molecular architecture of the TNF superfamily

2002 • 863 citations

The hepatitis B virus persists for decades after patients' recovery from acute viral hepatitis despite active maintenance of a cytotoxic T–lymphocyte response

1996 • 832 citations

Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Liver Disease

1999 • 666 citations

A novel method for efficient amplification of whole hepatitis B virus genomes permits rapid functional analysis and reveals deletion mutants in immunosuppressed patients

1995 • 492 citations

Tbe complete nudeotide sequences of the cloned hepatitis B vims DNA; subtype adr and adw

1983 • 426 citations

Hepatitis B virus persistence after recovery from acute viral hepatitis.

1994 • 321 citations

TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B FROM HEPATITIS-B-SERONEGATIVE SUBJECTS

1988 • 316 citations

"Occult" hepatitis B virus as source of infection in liver transplant recipients

1994 • 297 citations

Biochemical and Genetic Evidence for the Hepatitis B Virus Replication Strategy

1986 • 296 citations

Long-lasting memory T cell responses following self-limited acute hepatitis B.

1996 • 290 citations

Molecular bases for the development of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

2000 • 270 citations

TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS FROM HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY-POSITIVE DONORS IN LIVING RELATED LIVER TRANSPLANTS

1998 • 268 citations

Latent hepatitis B virus infection in healthy individuals with antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen

2000 • 235 citations

Molecular basis for persistent hepatitis B virus infection in the liver after clearance of serum hepatitis B surface antigen

1998 • 210 citations

Common evolutionary origin of hepatitis B virus and retroviruses.

1986 • 204 citations

Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Pancreas, Kidney and Skin of Two Human Carriers of the Virus

1984 • 186 citations

Persistence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viral Genomes in Primary Liver Cancers from HBsAg-Negative Patients: A Study of a Low-endemic Area

1993 • 183 citations

Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Cultured Human Lymphoblastoid Cells

1983 • 182 citations

Persistent viremia after recovery from self-limited acute hepatitis B

1998 • 181 citations

Hepatitis B virus replication in diverse cell types during chronic hepatitis B virus infection

1993 • 177 citations

High incidence of hepatitis B infections among chronic hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology

2001 • 173 citations

Integration of hepatitis B virus DNA and its implications for hepatocarcinogenesis.

1990 • 162 citations

Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Mononuclear Cells and Analysis of Cell Subsets for the Presence of Replicative Intermediates of Viral DNA

1986 • 161 citations

Individuals with antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen as the only serological marker for hepatitis B infection: high percentage of carriers of hepatitis B and C virus

1995 • 158 citations

Impact of HBV, HCV and GBV-C/HGV on hepatocellular carcinomas in Europe: results of a European concerted action

1998 • 148 citations

Hepatitis B virus DNA is frequently found in liver biopsy samples from hepatitis C virus-infected chronic hepatitis patients

1998 • 142 citations

Extrahepatic Hepatitis B Virus Dna Sequences in Patients With Acute Hepatitis B Infection

1990 • 138 citations

CV genotype and “silent” HBV coinfection: Two main risk factors for a more severe liver disease

2001 • 119 citations

Transcription of hepatitis B virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from persistently infected patients

1997 • 115 citations

Hepatitis B virus nucleic acids associated with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells do not originate from replicating virus

1996 • 109 citations

Identification of human cancer-related genes by naturally occurring Hepatitis B Virus DNA tagging

2001 • 105 citations

Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Hepatocellular Carcinomas in Japan

1984 • 102 citations

Relevance of inapparent coinfection by hepatitis B virus in alpha interferon-treated patients with hepatitis C virus chronic hepatitis.

1997 • 76 citations

Evidence for hepatitis B virus infection in patients with chronic hepatitis C with and without serological markers of hepatitis B

1995 • 74 citations

Structural rearrangement of integrated hepatitis B virus DNA as well as cellular flanking DNA is present in chronically infected hepatic tissues

1990 • 74 citations

Identification of hepatitis B virus integration in hepatitis C virus-infected hepatocellular carcinoma tissues

1997 • 73 citations

A Novel PCR Technique UsingAlu-Specific Primers to Identify Unknown Flanking Sequences from the Human Genome

1995 • 68 citations

Possible contribution to hepatocarcinogenesis of X transcript of hepatitis B virus in japanese patients with hepatitis C virus

1999 • 62 citations

Structural analysis of a hepatitis B virus genome integrated into chromosome 17p of a human hepatocellular carcinoma

1988 • 59 citations

Infection of Ducklings with Virus Particles Containing Linear Double-Stranded Duck Hepatitis B Virus DNA: Illegitimate Replication and Reversion

1998 • 57 citations

Relevance of inapparent coinfection by hepatitis B virus in alpha interferon-treated patients with hepatitis C virus chronic hepatitis

1997 • 57 citations

Rearrangement of the surface antigen gene of hepatitis B virus integrated in the human bepatoma cell lines

1983 • 55 citations

Sequences of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in the Serum and Liver of Patients with Acute Benign and Fulminant Hepatitis

1987 • 53 citations

Detection of Polyadenylated RNA in Hepatitis B Virus-Infected Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Polymerase Chain Reaction

1991 • 46 citations

A chromosome 17:7 translocation is associated with a hepatitis B virus DNA integration in human hepatocellular carcinoma DNA

1992 • 38 citations

Detection and Sequence Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Integration in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

1999 • 38 citations

A molecularly cloned hepatitis B virus produced in vitro is infectious in a chimpanzee

1988 • 34 citations

A t(3;8) chromosomal translocation associated with hepatitis B virus intergration involves the carboxypeptidase N locus

1996 • 31 citations

Frequent detection of hepatitis B virus X-gene DNA in hepatocellular carcinoma and adjacent liver tissue in hepatitis B surface antigen-negative patients.

1997 • 31 citations

X Region Deletion Variants of Hepatitis B Virus in Surface Antigen-Negative Infections and Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

1995 • 31 citations

Extrahepatic replication of duck hepatitis b virus: More than expected

1990 • 23 citations

State of HBV DNA in HBsAg‐negative, anti‐HCV‐positive hepatocellular carcinoma: Existence of HBV DNA possibly as nonintegrated form with analysis by Alu‐HBV DNA PCR and conventional HBV PCR

2001 • 21 citations

Detection of hepatitis B and C viruses in liver tissue with hepatocellular carcinoma

1994 • 15 citations

Southern hybridisation analysis of HBV DNA in peripheral blood leucocytes and of different cell types: Changes during the natural history and with interferon‐α therapy in patients with hepatitis B virus infection

1994 • 15 citations

A Study of Liver HBV DNA During Follow-Up of Acute Viral Hepatitis in Children

1988 • 4 citations