title: Getting to grips with hepatitis.
abstract: The receptor that allows hepatitis B and hepatitis D viruses to enter human liver cells has been identified as a protein that transports bile acids in the liver.
authors.affiliation: is an  eLife  reviewing editor, and is in the  Department of Molecular Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ,  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ,  Dallas ,  United States zhijian.chen@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Zhijian J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent / Q000378:metabolism*; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D027981:Symporters / Q000378:metabolism*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent; D011991:Receptors, Virus; D027981:Symporters; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C071908:sodium-bile acid cotransporter