摘要:
The invention relates to the discovery that DHH derived from stem cells are permissive for infection by hepatitis viruses (HV), such as hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis D virus (HDV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV). Included in the invention are HV-permissive DHHs and methods of making an HCV-permissive DHH derived from a stem cell. Also included is an HV culture system comprising at least one HV-permissive DHH. The HV-permissive DHH and HV culture system are useful for conducting HV life cycle analyses, diagnosing a subject as being infected with HV, genotyping and characterizing the HV of a subject infected with HV, detecting drug resistance of HV obtained from a subject infected with HV, screening for and identify modulators of HV infection, and monitoring the effect of a treatment of HV in a subject.