Table 1.

Inhibition of HBsAg secretion in HepG2 cells by shRNA

	Relative HBsAg in culture medium (%)*
Sample	Day 1 (P.T. HBV)	Day 2 (P.T. HBV)	Day 4 (P.T. HBV)
U6S	1.13 ± 0.92†	0.39 ± 0.26†	0.28 ± 0.37†
U6Control	100 ± 6.43	100 ± 6.13	100 ± 1.68
Mock	112.35 ± 15.43	89.74 ± 10.39	78.74 ± 15.95

^*Data represents mean ± SEM standardized to U6Control treated samples of three independent experiments performed in duplicate.

^†Statistical differences between U6S and U6Control were tested using Student’s t-test, P≤ 0.005.