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Association of interleukin-15-induced peripheral immune activation with hepatic stellate cell activation in persons coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.

Allison RD, Katsounas A, Koziol DE, Kleiner DE, Alter HJ, Lempicki RA, Wood B, Yang J, Fullmer B, Cortez KJ, Polis MA, Kottilil S.

J Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 15;200(4):619-23.PMID: 19594300 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Highly quantitative serological detection of anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies.

Burbelo PD, Issa AT, Ching KH, Exner M, Drew WL, Alter HJ, Iadarola MJ.

Virol J. 2009 May 1;6:45.PMID: 19409090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Depletion of interfering antibodies in chronic hepatitis C patients and vaccinated chimpanzees reveals broad cross-genotype neutralizing activity.

Zhang P, Zhong L, Struble EB, Watanabe H, Kachko A, Mihalik K, Virata-Theimer ML, Alter HJ, Feinstone S, Major M.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 5;106(18):7537-41. Epub 2009 Apr 20.PMID: 19380744 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emergency department control of blood pressure in intracerebral hemorrhage.

Honner SK, Singh A, Cheung PT, Alter HJ, Dutaret CG, Patel AK, Acharya A.

J Emerg Med. 2009 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19285824 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Does the addition of dexamethasone to standard therapy for acute migraine headache decrease the incidence of recurrent headache for patients treated in the emergency department? A meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature.

Singh A, Alter HJ, Zaia B.

Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Dec;15(12):1223-33. Epub 2008 Oct 25. Review. Erratum in: Acad Emerg Med. 2009 May;16(5):435. PMID: 18976336 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The hazards of blood transfusion in historical perspective.

Alter HJ, Klein HG.

Blood. 2008 Oct 1;112(7):2617-26. Review.PMID: 18809775 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Induction of multispecific Th-1 type immune response against HCV in mice by protein immunization using CpG and Montanide ISA 720 as adjuvants.

Qiu Q, Wang RY, Jiao X, Jin B, Sugauchi F, Grandinetti T, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

Vaccine. 2008 Oct 9;26(43):5527-34. Epub 2008 Sep 2.PMID: 18675871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of hepatitis virus infections.

Alter HJ.

Haemophilia. 2008 Jul;14 Suppl 3:26-32. No abstract available. PMID: 18510518 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pathogen reduction: a precautionary principle paradigm.

Alter HJ.

Transfus Med Rev. 2008 Apr;22(2):97-102.PMID: 18353250 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of JFH1-based cell culture systems for hepatitis C virus genotype 4a and evidence for cross-genotype neutralization.

Scheel TK, Gottwein JM, Jensen TB, Prentoe JC, Hoegh AM, Alter HJ, Eugen-Olsen J, Bukh J.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jan 22;105(3):997-1002. Epub 2008 Jan 14.PMID: 18195353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A systematic review of medical therapy to facilitate passage of ureteral calculi.

Singh A, Alter HJ, Littlepage A.

Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Nov;50(5):552-63. Epub 2007 Aug 3. Review.PMID: 17681643 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hepatitis C virus epitope-specific neutralizing antibodies in Igs prepared from human plasma.

Zhang P, Wu CG, Mihalik K, Virata-Theimer ML, Yu MY, Alter HJ, Feinstone SM.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 15;104(20):8449-54. Epub 2007 May 9.PMID: 17494735 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Induction of potent cellular immune response in mice by hepatitis C virus NS3 protein with double-stranded RNA.

Jin B, Wang RY, Qiu Q, Sugauchi F, Grandinetti T, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

Immunology. 2007 Sep;122(1):15-27. Epub 2007 Apr 23.PMID: 17451465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The epidemiology of transfusion-associated hepatitis C in a children's hospital.

Luban NL, Colvin CA, Mohan P, Alter HJ.

Transfusion. 2007 Apr;47(4):615-20.PMID: 17381619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical spectrum and histopathologic features of chronic hepatitis C infection in children.

Mohan P, Colvin C, Glymph C, Chandra RR, Kleiner DE, Patel KM, Luban NL, Alter HJ.

J Pediatr. 2007 Feb;150(2):168-74, 174.e1.PMID: 17236895 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A functional SNP of interferon-gamma gene is important for interferon-alpha-induced and spontaneous recovery from hepatitis C virus infection.

Huang Y, Yang H, Borg BB, Su X, Rhodes SL, Yang K, Tong X, Tang G, Howell CD, Rosen HR, Thio CL, Thomas DL, Alter HJ, Sapp RK, Liang TJ.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 16;104(3):985-90. Epub 2007 Jan 10. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Mar 13;104(11):4770. PMID: 17215375 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emerging infectious diseases that threaten the blood supply.

Alter HJ, Stramer SL, Dodd RY.

Semin Hematol. 2007 Jan;44(1):32-41. Review.PMID: 17198845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A reduction in selective immune pressure during the course of chronic hepatitis C correlates with diminished biochemical evidence of hepatic inflammation.

Hanada K, Tanaka Y, Mizokami M, Gojobori T, Alter HJ.

Virology. 2007 Apr 25;361(1):27-33. Epub 2006 Dec 15.PMID: 17174372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Neutralization epitope responsible for the hepatitis B virus subtype-specific protection in chimpanzees.

Zhang P, Yu MY, Venable R, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jun 13;103(24):9214-9. Epub 2006 Jun 6.PMID: 16757558 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evolution of hepatitis C viral quasispecies and hepatic injury in perinatally infected children followed prospectively.

Farci P, Quinti I, Farci S, Alter HJ, Strazzera R, Palomba E, Coiana A, Cao D, Casadei AM, Ledda R, Iorio R, Vegnente A, Diaz G, Tovo PA.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 30;103(22):8475-80. Epub 2006 May 17.PMID: 16707577 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Molecular tracing of the global hepatitis C virus epidemic predicts regional patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality.

Tanaka Y, Kurbanov F, Mano S, Orito E, Vargas V, Esteban JI, Yuen MF, Lai CL, Kramvis A, Kew MC, Smuts HE, Netesov SV, Alter HJ, Mizokami M.

Gastroenterology. 2006 Mar;130(3):703-14.PMID: 16530512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vigorous hepatitis C virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses induced by protein immunization in the presence of Montanide ISA720 plus synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides containing immunostimulatory cytosine-guanine dinucleotide motifs.

Sugauchi F, Wang RY, Qiu Q, Jin B, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

J Infect Dis. 2006 Feb 15;193(4):563-72. Epub 2006 Jan 11.PMID: 16425136 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quantitative analysis of anti-hepatitis C virus antibody-secreting B cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Umemura T, Wang RY, Schechterly C, Shih JW, Kiyosawa K, Alter HJ.

Hepatology. 2006 Jan;43(1):91-9.PMID: 16323211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Human monoclonal antibodies that react with the E2 glycoprotein of hepatitis C virus and possess neutralizing activity.

Schofield DJ, Bartosch B, Shimizu YK, Allander T, Alter HJ, Emerson SU, Cosset FL, Purcell RH.

Hepatology. 2005 Nov;42(5):1055-62.PMID: 16250048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

HCV natural history: the retrospective and prospective in perspective.

Alter HJ.

J Hepatol. 2005 Oct;43(4):550-2. No abstract available. PMID: 16099527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

SEN virus: epidemiology and characteristics of a transfusion-transmitted virus.

Akiba J, Umemura T, Alter HJ, Kojiro M, Tabor E.

Transfusion. 2005 Jul;45(7):1084-8. Review.PMID: 15987351 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

SEN virus infection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Momosaki S, Umemura T, Scudamore CH, Kojiro M, Alter HJ, Tabor E.

J Viral Hepat. 2005 Jul;12(4):435-8.PMID: 15985016 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reversibility of experimental rabbit liver cirrhosis by portal collagenase administration.

Jin B, Alter HJ, Zhang ZC, Shih JW, Esteban JM, Sun T, Yang YS, Qiu Q, Liu XL, Yao L, Wang HD, Cheng LF.

Lab Invest. 2005 Aug;85(8):992-1002.PMID: 15965490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Strain-specific T-cell suppression and protective immunity in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

Sugimoto K, Kaplan DE, Ikeda F, Ding J, Schwartz J, Nunes FA, Alter HJ, Chang KM.

J Virol. 2005 Jun;79(11):6976-83.PMID: 15890937 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Inactivation of viruses in platelet concentrates by photochemical treatment with amotosalen and long-wavelength ultraviolet light.

Lin L, Hanson CV, Alter HJ, Jauvin V, Bernard KA, Murthy KK, Metzel P, Corash L.

Transfusion. 2005 Apr;45(4):580-90.PMID: 15819680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hepatology highlights.

Alter HJ.

Hepatology. 2005 Jan;41(1):2-4.PMID: 15690473 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Emerging, re-emerging and submerging infectious threats to the blood supply.

Alter HJ.

Vox Sang. 2004 Jul;87 Suppl 2:56-61. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15209880 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enhanced hepatitis C virus NS3 specific Th1 immune responses induced by co-delivery of protein antigen and CpG with cationic liposomes.

Jiao X, Wang RY, Qiu Q, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

J Gen Virol. 2004 Jun;85(Pt 6):1545-53.PMID: 15166438 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

PCR-probe capture hybridization assay and statistical model for SEN virus prevalence estimation.

Tanaka Y, Pfeiffer R, Yeo AE, Mizokami M, Edlin BR, Castle P, O'Brien TR, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

J Med Virol. 2004 May;73(1):123-30.PMID: 15042659 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

DNA immunization encoding the secreted nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) of hepatitis C virus and enhancing the Th1 type immune response.

Jiao X, Wang RY, Feng Z, Hu G, Alter HJ, W -K Shih J.

J Viral Hepat. 2004 Jan;11(1):18-26.PMID: 14738554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Suppression of HCV-specific T cells without differential hierarchy demonstrated ex vivo in persistent HCV infection.

Sugimoto K, Ikeda F, Stadanlick J, Nunes FA, Alter HJ, Chang KM.

Hepatology. 2003 Dec;38(6):1437-48.PMID: 14647055 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Investigation of SEN virus infection in patients with cryptogenic acute liver failure, hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia, or acute and chronic non-A-E hepatitis.

Umemura T, Tanaka E, Ostapowicz G, Brown KE, Heringlake S, Tassopoulos NC, Wang RY, Yeo AE, Shih JW, Orii K, Young NS, Hatzakis A, Manns MP, Lee WM, Kiyosawa K, Alter HJ.

J Infect Dis. 2003 Nov 15;188(10):1545-52. Epub 2003 Oct 28.PMID: 14624381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The unexpected outcomes of medical research: serendipity and the Australia antigen. Blumberg BS, Alter HJ, Visnich S. A new antigen in leukemia sera [J Am Med Assoc 1965;191:541-546].

Alter HJ.

J Hepatol. 2003 Aug;39(2):149-52. No abstract available. PMID: 12873809 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of SEN viruses among injection drug users in the San Francisco Bay area.

Pfeiffer RM, Tanaka Y, Yeo AE, Umemura T, Seal KH, Shih JW, Alter HJ, Edlin BR, O'Brien TR.

J Infect Dis. 2003 Jul 1;188(1):13-8. Epub 2003 Jun 23.PMID: 12825166 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunization with hepatitis C virus-like particles protects mice from recombinant hepatitis C virus-vaccinia infection.

Murata K, Lechmann M, Qiao M, Gunji T, Alter HJ, Liang TJ.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 May 27;100(11):6753-8. Epub 2003 May 14.PMID: 12748380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Frequency and duration of plasma CMV viremia in seroconverting blood donors and recipients.

Drew WL, Tegtmeier G, Alter HJ, Laycock ME, Miner RC, Busch MP.

Transfusion. 2003 Mar;43(3):309-13.PMID: 12675714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influence of ethnicity in the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection and cellular immune response.

Sugimoto K, Stadanlick J, Ikeda F, Brensinger C, Furth EE, Alter HJ, Chang KM.

Hepatology. 2003 Mar;37(3):590-9.PMID: 12601357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Associations of chemokine system polymorphisms with clinical outcomes and treatment responses of chronic hepatitis C.

Promrat K, McDermott DH, Gonzalez CM, Kleiner DE, Koziol DE, Lessie M, Merrell M, Soza A, Heller T, Ghany M, Park Y, Alter HJ, Hoofnagle JH, Murphy PM, Liang TJ.

Gastroenterology. 2003 Feb;124(2):352-60. Erratum in: Gastroenterology. 2003 Apr;124(4):1168.. PMID: 12557141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Modulation of cellular immune response against hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3 by cationic liposome encapsulated DNA immunization.

Jiao X, Wang RY, Feng Z, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

Hepatology. 2003 Feb;37(2):452-60.PMID: 12540796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inaugural Article: A comparison of the molecular clock of hepatitis C virus in the United States and Japan predicts that hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in the United States will increase over the next two decades.

Tanaka Y, Hanada K, Mizokami M, Yeo AE, Shih JW, Gojobori T, Alter HJ.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Nov 26;99(24):15584-9. Epub 2002 Nov 18.PMID: 12438687 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prospective study of hepatitis C viral infection as a risk factor for subsequent B-cell neoplasia.

Rabkin CS, Tess BH, Christianson RE, Wright WE, Waters DJ, Alter HJ, Van Den Berg BJ.

Blood. 2002 Jun 1;99(11):4240-2.PMID: 12010836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

SEN virus: response to interferon alfa and influence on the severity and treatment response of coexistent hepatitis C.

Umemura T, Alter HJ, Tanaka E, Orii K, Yeo AE, Shih JW, Matsumoto A, Yoshizawa K, Kiyosawa K.

Hepatology. 2002 Apr;35(4):953-9.PMID: 11915044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Early changes in hepatitis C viral quasispecies during interferon therapy predict the therapeutic outcome.

Farci P, Strazzera R, Alter HJ, Farci S, Degioannis D, Coiana A, Peddis G, Usai F, Serra G, Chessa L, Diaz G, Balestrieri A, Purcell RH.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Mar 5;99(5):3081-6.PMID: 11880647 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Observation of positive selection within hypervariable regions of a newly identified DNA virus (SEN virus)(1).

Umemura T, Tanaka Y, Kiyosawa K, Alter HJ, Shih JW.

FEBS Lett. 2002 Jan 16;510(3):171-4.PMID: 11801248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Non-A, non-B hepatitis. 1976.

Purcell RH, Alter HJ, Dienstag JL.

Yale J Biol Med. 2000 Jan-Dec;73(1-6):175-82. No abstract available. PMID: 11765936 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles