Current treatments for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are not curative. Here, the authors show that an antifungal drug, ciclopirox, inhibits HBV capsid assembly and synergizes with nucleoside/nucleotide analogs to prevent HBV replication in cells and in a humanized liver mouse model.
- Jung-Ah Kang
- Songwon Kim
- Sung-Gyoo Park
