Table 2.

Inhibition of HBsAg secretion in subcultured HepG2 cells by shRNA.

	Relative HBsAg in culture medium (%)*
Sample	Day 2 (P.T. shRNA)	Day 4 (P.T. shRNA)	Day 6 (P.T. shRNA)
U6S	42.78 ± 9.02†	16.15 ± 4.22†	5.38 ± 2.81†
U6Control	100 ± 4.53	100 ± 3.75	100 ± 7.84
Mock	85.92 ± 13.15	110.09 ± 19.33	106.65 ± 17.06

^*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.