title: HBV: Stowaway of NTCP.
abstract: Several recent papers support the view that Na-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP), the sinusoidal bile acid transporter of hepatocytes, is a cell surface receptor enabling entry into these cells of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This major advance in the understanding of the HBV life cycle paves the way to new therapeutic strategies aimed at blocking HBV entry into hepatocytes.
authors.affiliation: University of Paris 7, 5, rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris, France. Electronic address: serge.erlinger@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000188:drug therapy; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D027981:Symporters / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent; D027981:Symporters; C071908:sodium-bile acid cotransporter