PMID- 25178832 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150904 LR - 20141203 IS - 2210-741X (Electronic) IS - 2210-7401 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 6 DP - 2014 Dec TI - HBV: Stowaway of NTCP. PG - 661-3 LID - S2210-7401(14)00172-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clinre.2014.07.009 [doi] AB - 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. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. FAU - Elinger, Serge AU - Elinger S AD - University of Paris 7, 5, rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris, France. Electronic address: serge.erlinger@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140830 PL - France TA - Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol JT - Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology JID - 101553659 RN - 0 (Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent) RN - 0 (Symporters) RN - 145420-23-1 (sodium-bile acid cotransporter) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Hepatitis B/drug therapy MH - Hepatitis B virus/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Symporters/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology EDAT- 2014/09/03 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/05 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/03 06:00 PHST- 2014/07/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/05 06:00 [medline] AID - S2210-7401(14)00172-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clinre.2014.07.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec;38(6):661-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2014.07.009. Epub 2014 Aug 30.