Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	16758
Country	Japan

Received	2015-01-29 09:43
Peer-Review Started	2015-01-29 21:44
To Make the First Decision	2015-03-26 18:11
Return for Revision	2015-03-30 13:45
Revised	2015-04-09 18:47
Second Decision	2015-04-27 10:22
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-28 15:23
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-05-04 17:32
Articles in Press	2015-05-04 17:32
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Typeset the Manuscript	2015-06-02 10:02
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-06-20 17:38

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Novel therapeutic approaches for hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Motoko Ohno, Motoyuki Otsuka, Takahiro Kishikawa, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Akemi Takata and Kazuhiko Koike
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Motoyuki Otsuka, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. otsukamo-tky@umin.ac.jp
Key Words	Hepatitis B virus; Covalently closed circular HBV DNA; Genome editing
Core Tip	Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global health problem. Because current therapeutic approaches do not eliminate HBV nuclear covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), novel therapeutics to target cccDNA are needed to eradicate HBV infection. Genome editing technologies are expected to be promising therapeutic options against HBV cccDNA. In particular, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas9 system is an easily customizable sequence-specific nuclease with great flexibility and may be the most feasible approach to target HBV cccDNA, as further research studies develop more effective protocols.
Publish Date	2015-06-20 17:38
Citation	Ohno M, Otsuka M, Kishikawa T, Yoshikawa T, Takata A, Koike K. Novel therapeutic approaches for hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(23): 7084-7088
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i23/7084.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i23.7084

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