title: One step closer to an experimental infection system for Hepatitis B Virus? --- the identification of sodium taurocholate cotransporting peptide as a viral receptor.
abstract: Following the successful cloning of receptor for SARS coronavirus a few years ago, Dr. Wenhui Li and colleagues raised attention again by publishing a possible receptor for hepatitis B virus in eLife. We will briefly review the significance of this finding and the future prospects of hepatitis B research.
authors: Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University and Hospital, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. peijerchen@ntu.edu.tw.
authors: Pei-Jer
authors: PJ
authors: Chen
authors: T-C
authors: TC
authors: Wu