Title |
Inhibition of Hepatitis B Virus cccDNA by siRNA in Transgenic Mice
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Published in |
Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, February 2014
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DOI | 10.1007/s12013-014-9847-1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Guiqiu Li, Guotao Jiang, Juan Lu, Shulan Chen, Lanying Cui, Jundong Jiao, Yongchen Wang |
Abstract |
The elimination of viral covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) from the nucleus of infected hepatocytes is an obstacle to achieving sustained viral clearance during antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The aim of our study was to determine whether treatment with siRNA is able to suppress viral cccDNA amplification using a HBV-transgenic mice model. The experimental results revealed that siRNAs can serve as efficient alternative anti-HBV agents, because they showed better inhibitory effect on viral replication and antigen expression in transgenic mice. More importantly, the siRNA markedly inhibited HBV cccDNA amplification. |
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