Table 1.

Measurements of HBsAg and HBeAg in culture supernatant of HK-2 cells

Groups	n	24 h post-transfection		48 h post-transfection		72 h post-transfection
		HBsAg (ng/ml)	HBeAg (PEIU/ml)	HBsAg (ng/ml)	HBeAg (PEIU/ml)	HBsAg (ng/ml)	HBeAg (PEIU/ml)
Blank control	5	0.10±0.02	0.21±0.02	0.11±0.02	0.15±0.02	0.12±0.02	0.17±0.03
Vector control	5	0.10±0.01	0.14±0.02	0.16±0.02	0.19±0.03	0.10±0.02	0.21±0.03
HBV transfection	5	0.16±0.02	0.12±0.02	0.51±0.03*	1.02±0.04*	2.62±0.02*	1.93±0.06*
Inhibitor treatment	5	0.10±0.03	0.20±0.01	0.13±0.02	0.17±0.02	0.11±0.02	0.18±0.03

Note: Compared with the control groups,

^* P < 0.05.

HBsAg and HBeAg quantification > 1.0 was considered as positive, while < 1.0 was considered as negative.