Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

A genome-wide gain-of-function screen identifies CDKN2C as a HBV host factor

  • Carla Eller,
  • Laura Heydmann,
  • Che C. Colpitts,
  • Houssein El Saghire,
  • Federica Piccioni,
  • Frank Jühling,
  • Karim Majzoub,
  • Caroline Pons,
  • Charlotte Bach,
  • Julie Lucifora,
  • Joachim Lupberger,
  • Michael Nassal,
  • Glenn S. Cowley,
  • Naoto Fujiwara,
  • Sen-Yung Hsieh,
  • Yujin Hoshida,
  • Emanuele Felli,
  • Patrick Pessaux,
  • Camille Sureau,
  • Catherine Schuster,
  • David E. Root,
  • Eloi R. Verrier,
  • Thomas F. Baumert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16517-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Here the authors perform a gain-of-function screen and identify CDKN2C as a host factor for HBV replication, inducing cell cycle arrest and expression of HBV transcription enhancers. CDKN2C expression correlates with disease progression suggesting a potential role in HBV-induced liver disease.