title: Who determines the outcomes of HBV exposure?
abstract: Until recently, the reason for age-dependent immune clearance of hepatitis B virus remained elusive. A new study has revealed that establishment of the commensal gut microbiota could modulate the liver immunity phenotype in a hydrodynamic transfection mouse model, suggesting that natural gut-liver interactions can help achieve rapid viral clearance.
authors: Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
authors: Baohong
authors: B
authors: Wang
authors: Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China. Electronic address: ljli@zju.edu.cn.
authors: Lanjuan
authors: L
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D064307:Microbiota
keywords: HBV; age; gut microbiota; immunity