Establishment and characterization of four human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines containing hepatitis B virus DNA

Figure 5 HBx, HBs and HBc RNA transcripts in 4 HCC cell lines. In RT-PCR analysis, HBx, HBs, and HBc gene transcripts were detected in all presenting cell lines. Among the cell lines used as control (SK-HEP -1, Hep3B and HepG2), HBX gene transcript was detected in Hep3B line. HBs and HBc gene transcripts were not detected in any of the three control lines.