Immune profiling to guide host-directed interventions to cure HBV infections

Project Information

IP-cure-B

Grant agreement ID: 847939

DOI

10.3030/847939

Project closed

EC signature date 5 December 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost

€ 10 343 030,50

EU contribution

€ 9 983 029,00

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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
France

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

HBV-driven host chromatin accessibility changes affect liver metabolic pathways, iron homeostasis and promote a preneoplastic phenotype

Author(s): Vincenzo Alfano, Giuseppe Rubens Pascucci, Giacomo Corleone, Massimiliano Cocca, Francesca De Nicola, Océane Floriot, Alexia Paturel, Francesca Casuscelli Di Tocco, Claude Caron de Fromentel, Philippe Merle, Michel Rivoire, Massimo Levrero, Francesca Guerrieri
Published in: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, Issue 44, 2025, ISSN 1756-9966
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s13046-025-03414-7

Refining the DC-targeting vaccination for preventing emerging infectious diseases

Author(s): Pastor Y, Ghazzaui N, Hammoudi A, Centlivre M, Cardinaud S, Levy Y
Published in: Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, ISSN 1664-3224
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.949779

The scientific basis of combination therapy for chronic hepatitis B functional cure.

Author(s): Seng Gee Lim, Thomas F Baumert,Carolina Boni, Ed Gane, Massimo Levrero, Anna S Lok, Mala K Maini, Norah A Terrault, Fabien Zoulim.
Published in: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2023, ISSN 1759-5053
Publisher: Nature Publications Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41575-022-00724-5

Eliminating cccDNA to cure hepatitis B virus infection.

Author(s): Fabien Zoulim and Barbara Testoni
Published in: Journal of Hepatology - EASL, Issue Vol 1-4, 2023, ISSN 0168-8278
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2023.01.017

Early intrahepatic recurrence of HBV infection in liver transplant recipients despite antiviral prophylaxis.

Author(s): François Villeret, Fanny Lebossé, Sylvie Radenne, Didier Samuel Bruno Roche, Jean-Yves Mabrut, Vincent Leroy, Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Rodolphe Anty, Sylvie Thevenon, Sinafa Si Ahmed, Aaron Hamilton, Marintha Heil, Caroline Scholtès, Massimo Levrero, Barbara Testoni, Fabien Zoulim.
Published in: JHEP Reports, 2023, ISSN 2589-5559
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100728

The lncRNAs in HBV-Related HCCs: Targeting Chromatin Dynamics and Beyond.

Author(s): Vincenzo Alfano; Mirjam B. Zeisel; Massimo Levrero; Francesca Guerrieri
Published in: Cancers, Vol 13, Iss 3115, p 3115 (2021), Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2072-6694
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/cancers13133115

HBV and HBsAg strongly reshape the phenotype, function, and metabolism of DCs according to patients’ clinical stage

Author(s): Lucile Dumolard, Theophile Gerster, Florent Chuffart, Thomas Decaens, Marie-Noelle Hilleret, Sylvie Larrat, Philippe Saas, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, David Durantel, Patrice N. Marche, Zuzana Macek Jilkova, Caroline Aspord
Published in: Hepatology Communications, Issue 9, 2025, ISSN 2471-254X
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000625

Immune checkpoints on T and NK cells in the context of HBV infection: Landscape, pathophysiology and therapeutic exploitation

Author(s): Lucile Dumolard; Caroline Aspord; Caroline Aspord; Patrice N. Marche; Zuzana Macek Jilkova; Zuzana Macek Jilkova
Published in: Frontiers in Immunology, Issue Vol 14, 2023, ISSN 1664-3224
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1148111

Opportunities and challenges for hepatitis B cure

Author(s): Armando Andres Roca Suarez; Fabien Zoulim
Published in: Gastroenterology, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 0016-5085
Publisher: W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.
DOI: 10.1136/egastro-2023-100021

Differences in the intrahepatic expression of immune checkpoint molecules on T cells and natural killer cells in chronic HBV patients

Author(s): Lucile Dumolard, Marie-Noelle Hilleret, Charlotte Costentin, Marion Mercey-Ressejac, Nathalie Sturm, Theophile Gerster, Thomas Decaens, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, Patrice N. Marche, Zuzana Macek Jilkova
Published in: Frontiers in Immunology, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 1664-3224
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1489770

Long-term quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) trajectories in persons with and without HBsAg loss on tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapy.

Author(s): Begré L, Boyd A, Salazar-Vizcaya L, Suter-Riniker F, Béguelin C, Rockstroh JK, Günthard HF, Calmy A, Cavassini M, Stöckle M, Schmid P, Bernasconi E, Levrero M, Zoulim F, Wandeler G, Rauch A;
Published in: HIV Medicine, 2024, Page(s) 291-298, ISSN 1464-2662
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13561

Protocol for isolating CD163+ Kupffer cells from human liver resections

Author(s): Armando Andres Roca Suarez, Marie-Laure Plissonnier, Maud Michelet, Anaëlle Dubois, Sarah Heintz, Maria Saez-Palma, Marion Delphin, Isabelle Bordes, Jennifer Molle, Audrey Diederichs, Mélanie Rodà, Emmanuel Combe, Léa Mougené, Guillaume Giraud, Xavier Grand, Michel Rivoire, Massimo Levrero, Barbara Testoni, Fabien Zoulim
Published in: STAR Protocols, Issue 5, 2025, Page(s) 103359, ISSN 2666-1667
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103359

Circulating HBV RNA and hepatitis B core-related antigen trajectories in persons with HIV/HBV coinfection and HBsAg loss on tenofovir therapy.

Author(s): Begré L, Boyd A, Plissonnier ML, Testoni B, Salazar-Vizcaya L, Suter-Riniker F, Scholtès C, Béguelin C, Rockstroh JK, Günthard HF, Calmy A, Cavassini M, Hirsch HH, Schmid P, Bernasconi E, Levrero M, Wandeler G, Zoulim F, Rauch A/
Published in: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024, ISSN 1537-6613
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae189

A human immune system (HIS) mouse model that dissociates roles for mouse and human FcR+ cells during antibody-mediated immune responses.

Author(s): Thaller, A.L., Jönsson, F., Fiquet, O., Marie, S., Doisne, J.-M., Girelli-Zubani, G., Eri, T., Fernandes, P., Tatirovsky, E., Langa-Vives, F., Bruhns, P., Strick-Marchand, H. and Di Santo, J.P.
Published in: European Journal of Immunology, Issue 53: 2350454., 2023, ISSN 0014-2980
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/eji.202350454

Protein tyrosine phosphatase delta is a STAT3-phosphatase and suppressor of metabolic liver disease

Author(s): Armando Andres Roca Suarez, Frank Jühling, Julien Moehlin, Laurent Mailly, Alessia Virzì, Nicolas Brignon, Sarah C Durand, Marine A Oudot, Eugenie Schaeffer, Romain Martin, Laura Meiss-Heydmann, Charlotte Bach, Zakaria Boulahtouf, Lea Girard, Emma Osswald, Carole Jamey, Daniel Brumaru, Nassim Dali-Youcef, Atish Mukherji, Maria Saez-Palma, Barbara Testoni, Fabien Zoulim, Bhuvaneswari Koneru, Naot
Published in: eGastroenterology, Issue 3, 2025, Page(s) e100159, ISSN 2766-0125
Publisher: BMJ
DOI: 10.1136/egastro-2024-100159

OS-091 Precision-cut liver slices as a pre-clinical model for the evaluation of host-targeting agents against hepatitis B virus and hepatitis delta virus infection

Author(s): Maud Michelet, Armando Andres Roca Suarez, Anaëlle Dubois, Sarah Heintz, Marie-Laure Plissonnier, Maria Saez-Palma, Simon Fletcher, Michel Rivoire, Sandra Phillips, Elena Palma, Shilpa Chokshi, Barbara Testoni, Fabien Zoulim
Published in: Journal of Hepatology, Issue 80, 2024, Page(s) S58, ISSN 0168-8278
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(24)00532-4

Functional immune responses induced by a capsid assembly modulator in chronic hepatitis B virus-infected humanized mice

Author(s): Priyanka Fernandes, Yidan Wang, Jean-Marc Doisne, Anna Thaller, Oriane Fiquet, Rémy Dailleux, Franck Amblard, Barbara Testoni, Yada Aronthippaitoon, Hugo Mouquet, Camille Sureau, Bastien Reyné, Camilla Tiezzi, Patrick Soussan, Massimo Levrero, Fabien Zoulim, Raymond F. Schinazi, Helene Strick-Marchand
Published in: Cell Host & Microbe, Issue 34, 2026, Page(s) 116-130.e7, ISSN 1931-3128
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.12.001

Evaluation of the HBV liver reservoir with fine needle aspirates.

Author(s): Barbara Testoni , Armando Andres Roca Suarez , Arianna Battisti, Marie-Laure Plissonnier, Marintha Heil, Thierry Fontanges, François Villeret, Yasmina Chouik, Massimo Levrero, Upkar Gill, Patrick Kennedy, Fabien Zoulim.
Published in: JHEP reports, Issue Vol. 5, 2023, ISSN 0168-8278
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100841

Cytosine base editing inhibits hepatitis B virus replication and reduces HBsAg expression in vitro and in vivo

Author(s): Elena M. Smekalova; Maria G. Martinez; Emmanuel Combe; Anuj Kumar; Selam Dejene; Dominique Leboeuf; Chao-Ying Chen; J. Robert Dorkin; Lan Shuan Shuang; Sarah Kieft; Lauren Young; Luis Alberto Barrera; Michael S. Packer; Giuseppe Ciaramella; Barbara Testoni; Francine Gregoire; Fabien Zoulim
Published in: Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, Issue Vol. 35, 2024, ISSN 1525-0016
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2023.102112

New Perspectives on Development of Curative Strategies for Chronic Hepatitis B

Author(s): Jordan J. Feld; Anna S. Lok; Fabien Zoulim
Published in: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023, ISSN 1542-3565
Publisher: W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.02.032

G-quadruplexes control hepatitis B virus replication by promoting cccDNA transcription and phase separation in hepatocytes.

Author(s): Guillaume Giraud, Mélanie Rodà, Pélagie Huchon, Maud Michelet, Sarah Maadadi, Daniel Jutzi, Roland Montserret, Marc-David Ruepp, Romain Parent, Christophe Combet, Fabien Zoulim, Barbara Testoni.
Published in: Nucleic Acids Research, 2024, ISSN 1362-4962
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1200

TLR8 agonist selgantolimod regulates Kupffer cell differentiation status and impairs HBV entry into hepatocytes via an IL-6-dependent mechanism.

Author(s): Armando Andres Roca Suarez, Marie-Laure Plissonnier, Xavier Grand, Maud Michelet, Guillaume Giraud, Maria Saez-Palma, Anaëlle Dubois, Sarah Heintz, Audrey Diederichs, Nicolaas Van Renne, Thomas Vanwolleghem, Stephane Daffis, Li Li, Abigail Fosdick, Nikita Kolhatkar, Yao-Chun Hsu, Jeffrey J. Wallin, Audrey Lau, Simon P. Fletcher, Michel Rivoire, Massimo Levrero, Barbara Testoni, Fabien Zoulim.
Published in: GUT, 2024, ISSN 0017-5749
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331396

Quantification of circulating HBV RNA expressed from intrahepatic cccDNA in untreated and NUC treated patients with chronic hepatitis B

Author(s): Barbara Testoni; Caroline Scholtès; Marie-Laure Plissonnier; Alexia Paturel; Françoise Berby; Floriana Facchetti; François Villeret; Elisabetta Degasperi; Beth Scott; Aaron Hamilton; Marintha Heil; Pietro Lampertico; Massimo Levrero; Fabien Zoulim
Published in: GUT, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 0017-5749
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330644

Hepatitis B Virus Targets Lipid Transport Pathways to Infect Hepatocytes

Author(s): Knud Esser; Xiaoming Cheng; Jochen M. Wettengel; Julie Lucifora; Lea Hansen-Palmus; Katharina Austen; Armando A. Roca Suarez; Sarah Heintz; Barbara Testoni; Firat Nebioglu; Minh Tu Pham; Shangqing Yang; Alma Zernecke; Dirk Wohlleber; Marc Ringelhan; Mathias Broxtermann; Daniel Hartmann; Norbert Hüser; Julia Mergner; Andreas Pichlmair; Wolfgang E. Thasler; Mathias Heikenwalder; Georg Gasteiger; An
Published in: Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Issue Vol. 16 Iss 2, 2023, ISSN 2352-345X
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2023.03.011

Conference proceedings (1)

HBV 2021: New therapeutic strategies against an old foe

Author(s): Armando Andres Roca Suarez, Barbara Testoni, Fabien Zoulim
Published in: Liver International, Issue vol 41, 2021
Publisher: WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/liv.14851

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Precision-cut liver slices as a model for the evaluation of host-targeting agents against hepatitis B and delta viruses

Author(s): Armando Andres Roca Suarez, Maud Michelet, Anaëlle Dubois, Audrey Diederichs, Marie-Laure Plissonnier, Sarah Heintz, Maria Saez-Palma, Simon P. Fletcher, Michel Rivoire, Sandra Phillips, Elena Palma, Shilpa Chokshi, Fabien Zoulim, Barbara Testoni
Published in: BioRxiv, 2025, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: openRxiv
DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.06.692712