Figure 2.

miR-196a was significantly downregulated by Ad-HCV infection. (A) Confirmation of HCV core protein expression using western blot analysis following Ad-HCV infection for 48 h. (B) Relative expression levels of miR-196a in HepG2-HCV and HepG2-control cells. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation; each experiment was conducted in triplicate. U6 was used as an internal control for miRNA reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction experiments; ^*P<0.05. miR, microRNA; HCV, hepatitis C virus.