Bile Acids Specifically Increase Hepatitis C Virus RNA-Replication
Figure 3
Influence of BAs on HCV particle production and infectivity.
Cells were transfected, seeded and treated as described in Fig. 2. Release of core protein as a measure of viral particles in the culture fluid was determined by a commercial core-specific ELISA (A). Infectivity of release particles was assessed by inoculation of naïve Lunet G-luc cells (B). Mean values of duplicates and the standard deviation are shown.