This poster from EASL2017 was embargoed. U. Protzer was one of the authors.
http://www.alnylam.com/web/assets/EASL-2017_HBV-Poster-240317.pdf
Pre-Clinical Data with a Combinatorial RNAi / Vaccination Therapy as a potential Functional Cure for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus InfectionLBP-538
Preclinical study of a combinatorial RNAi / vaccination therapy as aPotential cure for chronic hepatitis BT. Michler1,2, A. Kosinska1, T. Bunse1, M. Heikenwälder1,3, D. Grimm3,S. Milstein 4, L. Sepp-Lorenzino 4, U. Protzer 1, 2. 1 Virology, TechnischeUniversität / Helmholtz Zentrum München; 2German Center for InfectionResearch (DZIF), München; 3Virology, University of Heidelberg,Heidelberg, Germany; 4 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA,United StatesE-mail: thomas.***@****
We presented pre-clinical data with a combinatorial RNAi / vaccination therapy for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection at The EASL International Liver Congress, held April 19-23 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Treatment with the combination therapy led to an HBV-specific Immune response and sustained loss of HBsAg in a mouse model of chronic HBV infection. We believe this approach holds potential promise for use in a clinical setting to treat patients with hepatitis B.