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The response to interferon is influenced by hepatitis B virus genotype in vitro and in vivo.
Virus research - 1 Jan 2013
Zhang Yuhua, Wu Yiqi, Ye Shengqian, Wang Tianzhen, Zhao Ran, Chen Fulai, Abe Kenji, Jin Xiaoming
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PURPOSE: To investigate the effectiveness of an interferon administration on different genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: In vitro, we transfected plasmids carrying different HBV genotypes including recently identified new genotype I into HepG2 and HuH7 cells, then treated with standard interferon alpha (IFN-α); in vivo, we treated mice with pegylated interferon alpha (Peg-IFN-α)...
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