Please note the infection was done in test tube. Whether the BMSC inside a human body can also be infected is still not absolute. But it does seem likely. I would like to know whether the stem cells in the liver can also be infected. A question for Studyforhope?
I think that the question was discuss in
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-B/Entry-inhibitors-show-promise-as-drugs/show/1570784?page=1
2. The liver stem cells, do they get infected too by HBV ?
The common thinking is NO, the satellite cells are not infectable, probably due to their lack of expression of the critical surface protein receptor gene.
Good memory. I just want to ask again in light of this new research finding about BMSCs.
I hope he is still read this forum and will answer :)
anyway, my profane idea is that this scenario is not possible in vivo, but is a good tool for testing.