Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Circadian control of hepatitis B virus replication

  • Xiaodong Zhuang,
  • Donall Forde,
  • Senko Tsukuda,
  • Valentina D’Arienzo,
  • Laurent Mailly,
  • James M. Harris,
  • Peter A. C. Wing,
  • Helene Borrmann,
  • Mirjam Schilling,
  • Andrea Magri,
  • Claudia Orbegozo Rubio,
  • Robert J. Maidstone,
  • Mudassar Iqbal,
  • Miguel Garzon,
  • Rosalba Minisini,
  • Mario Pirisi,
  • Sam Butterworth,
  • Peter Balfe,
  • David W. Ray,
  • Koichi Watashi,
  • Thomas F. Baumert,
  • Jane A. McKeating

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21821-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The circadian factors BMAL1/CLOCK and REV-ERB are master regulators of the human liver transcriptome but their role in hepatitis B virus infection is largely unknown. Here, Zhuang et al. show that REV-ERB regulates hepatitis B virus entry and BMAL1 directly binds HBV DNA and activates viral genome transcription.