126 ESTABLISHMENT OF PERSISTENT HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN MICE EXPRESSING HLA-A2 AND HLA-DR1 FOR EVALUATING IMMUNO-THERAPEUTICS FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS B

125 HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS (HDV) INDUCES SPECIFIC DNA METHYLATION EVENTS TOWARDS MALIGNANCY IN HEPATOMA CELLS G. Benegiamo, M. Vinciguerra, V. Guarnieri, G.A. Niro, A. Andriulli, V. Pazienza. Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy; Institute of Hepatology, London, UK; Istituto Euromediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia (IEMEST), Palermo, Medical Genetics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy E-mail: m.vinciguerra@researchinliver.org.uk