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ArticleHepatitis monthly2015

Development of an In-House TaqMan Real Time RT-PCR Assay to Quantify Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Serum and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Bahman Khalvati Fahlyani, Abbas Behzad-Behbahani, Seiied Alireza Taghavi, Ali Farhadi, Saeede Salehi, Setare Adibzadeh, Farzaneh Aboualizadeh, Parniyan Alavi, Negin Nikouyan, Mohammad Ali Okhovat and 3 more

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Bahman Khalvati FahlyaniDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Abbas Behzad-BehbahaniDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran ; Department of Biotechnology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Seiied Alireza TaghaviGastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Ali FarhadiDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran ; Department of Biotechnology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Saeede SalehiDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran ; Department of Biotechnology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Setare AdibzadehDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran ; Department of Biotechnology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Farzaneh AboualizadehDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Parniyan AlaviDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Negin NikouyanDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Mohammad Ali OkhovatDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Reza RanjbaranDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Gholam Reza Rafiei DehbidiDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Arash ShakibzadehDiagnosis Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical, Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundViral load measurements are commonly used to monitor HCV infection in patients with chronic diseases or determining the number of HCV-genomes in serum samples of patients after sustained virological response. However, in some patients, HCV viral load in serum samples is too low to be detected by PCR, especially after treatment.

objectivesThe aim of this study was to develop a highly specific, sensitive, and reproducible in-house quantitative PCR using specific primers and probe cited in highly conservative region of HCV genome that allows simultaneous detection of HCV genotypes 1 - 4. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this study, three sets of primer pairs and a TaqMan probe for amplification and detection of selected region within 5'-non-coding (5'NCR) of four HCV genotypes were used. Using plasmid containing 5'NCR region of HCV, standard curve, threshold, and threshold cycle (CT) values were determined. Real-time and nested PCR were performed on HCV genotypes 1 - 4 extracted from plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) samples collected from patients with chronic HCV infection.

resultsThe lower limit detection of this in-house HCV real-time RT-PCR was determined as 100 RNA copies/mL. Inter- and intra-assay coefficient of variation (CV) of this in-house HCV real-time RT-PCR ranged from 0.9% to 1.8% and 1.76% to 3.94%, respectively. The viral load of the genotyped samples ranged from 2.0 × 10(6) ± 0.31 to 2.7 × 10(5) ± 0.46 copies/mL in serum samples and 5 × 10(2) ± 0.36 to 4.0 × 10(3) ± 0.51 copies/10(6) cells/mL of PBMCs.

conclusionsThe quite sensitive in-house TaqMan real time RT-PCR assay was able to detect and quantify all four main HCV genotypes prevailing around all geographical regions of Iran.

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Hepatitis C VirusMononuclear LeukocytesReal-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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PMCPMC4584366

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