Research Progress of Model Establishment in Treating Hepatitis B

摘要

Hepatitis B virus is a major liver disease caused by virus infection. Viral hepatitis is popular in China, mainly caused by hepatitis B. Experimental animal model is a necessary platform for the research on mechanism of viral infection and pathogenicity, for treatment and vaccine development. Up to date, a great progress in the development of viral hepatitis animal models has been achieved in spite of the most of findings are limited to hepatitis B. Here, we summarized the recent findings of viral hepatitis animal models, focusing on the tree shrew animal model.