Editorial: Host factors in hepatitis B virus: mechanistic insights and implications for interferon therapy

Front Immunol. 2026 Mar 5:17:1797907. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1797907. eCollection 2026.

Authors

Hongxiao Song¹, Yongye Huang², Chunfeng Li³, Qingfei Xiao⁴, Guangyun Tan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Pathogen Biology Center, Institute of Translational Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
² College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
³ Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
⁴ Department of Nephrology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

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Keywords: hepatitis B core protein (HBc); hepatitis B virus (HBV); host cellular factors; interferon therapy; metabolic regulation.

Publication types

Editorial