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The use of viral vectors encoding short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) has been the most common strategy employed to provide sustained expression of RNAi effectors. However, overexpression and incomplete processing of shRNAs has led to saturation of the en-dogenous miRNA pathway, resulting in toxicity. The use of endogenous microRNAs (miRNAs) as scaffolds for short interfering (siRNAs) may avoid these problems, and miRNA clusters can be engineered to express multiple RNAi effectors, a feature that may prevent RNAi-resistant HCV mutant generation. We exploited the endogenous miRNA-17-92 cluster to generate a polycis-tronic primary miRNA that is processed into \ufb01ve mature miRNAs that target different regions of the HCV genome. All \ufb01ve anti-HCV miRNAs were active, achieving up to 97% inhibition of Renilla luciferase (RLuc) HCV reporter plasmids. Self-complementary recombinant adeno-asso-ciated virus (scAAV) vectors were chosen for therapeutic delivery of the miRNA cluster. Expres-sion of the miRNAs from scAAV inhibited the replication of cell culture\u2013propagated HCV (HCVcc) by 98%, and resulted in up to 93% gene silencing of RLuc-HCV reporter plasmids in mouse liver. No hepatocellular toxicity was observed at scAAV doses as high as 5 3 10\n                      <jats:sup>11<\/jats:sup>\n                      vector genomes per mouse, a dose that is approximately \ufb01ve-fold higher than doses of scAAV-shRNA vectors that others have shown previously to be toxic in mouse liver.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Conclusion:<\/jats:italic>\n                      We have dem-onstrated that exogenous anti-HCV miRNAs induce gene silencing, and when expressed from scAAV vectors inhibit the replication of HCVcc without inducing toxicity. The combination of an AAV vector delivery system and exploitation of the endogenous RNAi pathway is a potentially viable alternative to current HCV treatment regimens. 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