Hepatitis B virus specific transcripts in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
We report on the analysis of HBV transcription in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronically infected patients by polymerase chain reaction amplification. Our results suggest that in these cells gene expression occurs either as pregenomic or subgenomic transcripts.
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Chair of Gastroenterology, University of Modena, Italy.
Scaglioni
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Pasquinelli
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Manenti
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Villa
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000235:genetics*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014766:Viremia / Q000097:blood
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral