Antiviral Efficacy of the Anesthetic Propofol against Dengue Virus Infection and Cellular Inflammation

Figure 2

Propofol treatment reduces DENV viral NS1 protein expression but does not affect viral protein translation. (a) Luciferase activities of BHK-21 cells and replicons treated with or without propofol were used to determine viral protein translation. (b) Western blot analysis showed viral NS1 protein expression in BHK-21 cells pretreated with propofol for 1 h and then infected with DENV2 () for 24 h. Quantitative data are presented as the of at least three independent experiments (). . ns: not significant.

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