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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Janos Demeter
PROVIDER: E-SMDB-2880 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 20040801 16
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has been used repeatedly to down-regulate viral gene expression and inhibit viral replication in mammalian cells. In this study, we showed that siRNAs specific for two conserved regions within the hepatitis B S antigen (HBsAg) gene can inhibit antigen production in two human liver cell lines which constitutively produce and secrete HBsAg. The inhibitory effect was concentration dependent for both PLC/PRF/5 and 2.2.15 cells. Decreases in the corresponding viral trans ...[more]