Result: After injection of the wild type (pHBV4.1) or the mutant (pHBVrtA181T/
sW172*) plamids, the level of serum
HBsAg in mice injected with the wild type plasmid was very high (OD>2.4) on day 1, 3, and 5, and became low (OD<0.2) since day 7.
Result: Compared to wild type, the
rtA181T/
sW172* mutant strain showed an approximately 0.8 log reduction on day 1, 2.6 log reduction on day 3, 1.5 log reduction on day 5, and 0.7 log reduction on day 7 in serum HBV DNA titers.
Result: However, the HBV DNA replication intermediates levels of the HBV mutant
rtA181T/
sW172* were detectable from day 1 to day 15 and p