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Aftab A. Ansari is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research activities focus extensively on medicine, particularly immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions in infectious diseases, immunology, surgery, hepatology, and epidemiology. The scientist's work intersects various topics including liver diseases and immunity, immune cell function and interaction, HIV research and treatment, COVID-19 clinical research studies, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, long-term effects of COVID-19, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Aftab A. Ansari has published notable papers primarily in the Journal of Autoimmunity, which features prominently among their frequent publication venues along with Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Nature Medicine, Hepatology, and Frontiers in Immunology.

  • Autoinflammatory and autoimmune conditions at the crossroad of COVID-19 (2020, Journal of Autoimmunity)
  • Recommendations for coronavirus infection in rheumatic diseases treated with biologic therapy (2020, Journal of Autoimmunity)
  • The JANUS of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases onset during COVID-19 - A systematic review of the literature (2020, Journal of Autoimmunity)
  • The gut ecosystem and immune tolerance (2023, Journal of Autoimmunity)
  • E. coli and the etiology of human PBC: Antimitochondrial antibodies and spreading determinants (2021, Hepatology)

Their frequent collaborators include M. Eric Gershwin, William M. Ridgway, Patrick S.C. Leung, Weici Zhang, and Manuel Rojas. Collaborative efforts with these coauthors have contributed to the breadth and depth of research output.

  • Journal of Autoimmunity
  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Hepatology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

  • M. Eric Gershwin
  • William M. Ridgway
  • Patrick S.C. Leung
  • Weici Zhang
  • Manuel Rojas

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Surgery
  • Hepatology
  • Epidemiology

  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Best Publications

  • Peripartum cardiomyopathy: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Office of Rare Diseases (National Institutes of Health) workshop recommendations and review.

    Gail D. Pearson;Jean-Claude Veille;Shahbudin Rahimtoola;Judith Hsia

  • A Cathepsin D-Cleaved 16 kDa Form of Prolactin Mediates Postpartum Cardiomyopathy

    Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Karol Kaminski;Edith Podewski;Tomasz Bonda

  • Cytokine mRNA expression in postischemic/reperfused myocardium.

    A. Herskowitz;Steven Choi;A. A. Ansari;Steven Wesselingh

  • Gut microbial profile is altered in primary biliary cholangitis and partially restored after UDCA therapy

    Ruqi Tang;Yiran Wei;Yanmei Li;Weihua Chen

  • Identification of HLA-A2-restricted CD8(+) cytotoxic T cell responses in primary biliary cirrhosis: T cell activation is augmented by immune complexes cross-presented by dendritic cells.

    Hiroto Kita;Zhe-Xiong Lian;Judy Van de Water;Xiao-Song He

  • Peripartum cardiomyopathy: inflammatory markers as predictors of outcome in 100 prospectively studied patients

    Karen Sliwa;Olaf Förster;Elena Libhaber;James D. Fett

  • Markedly elevated levels of interferon (IFN)-γ, IFN-α, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-α associated with fatal Ebola virus infection

    Francois Villinger;Pierre E. Rollin;Sukhdev S. Brar;Nathaniel F. Chikkala

  • Liver‐targeted and peripheral blood alterations of regulatory T cells in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Ruth Y. Lan;Chunmei Cheng;Zhe Xiong Lian;Koichi Tsuneyama

  • Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis react against a ubiquitous xenobiotic-metabolizing bacterium*

    Carlo F Selmi;Carlo F Selmi;David L. Balkwill;Pietro Invernizzi;Aftab A. Ansari

  • The autoepitope of the 74-kD mitochondrial autoantigen of primary biliary cirrhosis corresponds to the functional site of dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase.

    J. Van De Water;M. E. Gershwin;P. Leung;Aftab Ansari

  • Cloning, expression, and primary structure of Metapenaeus ensis tropomyosin, the major heat-stable shrimp allergen

    Patrick S.C. Leung;Ka Hou Chu;Wing Kuen Chow;Aftab Ansari

  • Primary biliary cirrhosis: an orchestrated immune response against epithelial cells.

    M. Eric Gershwin;Aftab A. Ansari;Ian R. Mackay;Yasuni Nakanuma

  • Quantitative and functional analysis of PDC-E2–specific autoreactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Hiroto Kita;Shuji Matsumura;Xiaosong He;Aftab A. Ansari

  • Anti-Mitochondrial Antibodies and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in TGF-β Receptor II Dominant-Negative Mice

    Sabine Oertelt;Zhe Xiong Lian;Chun Mei Cheng;Ya Hui Chuang

  • Autoinflammatory and autoimmune conditions at the crossroad of COVID-19.

    Yhojan Rodríguez;Lucia Novelli;Manuel Rojas;Maria De Santis

  • Identification and precursor frequency analysis of a common T cell epitope motif in mitochondrial autoantigens in primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Shinji Shimoda;Shinji Shimoda;Judith A Van de Water;Aftab Ansari;Minoru Nakamura

  • Regulatory T cells: development, function and role in autoimmunity.

    Ruth Y. Lan;Aftab A. Ansari;Zhe Xiong Lian;M. Eric Gershwin

  • The Zika outbreak of the 21st century.

    Christopher Chang;Kristina Ortiz;Aftab Ansari;M. Eric Gershwin

  • Hepatic IL-17 responses in human and murine primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Ruth Y Z Lan;Thucydides L. Salunga;Koichi Tsuneyama;Zhe Xiong Lian

  • Quantitation and phenotypic analysis of natural killer T cells in primary biliary cirrhosis using a human CD1d tetramer.

    Hiroto Kita;Olga V. Naidenko;Mitchell Kronenberg;Aftab A. Ansari

  • Use of designer recombinant mitochondrial antigens in the diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Patrick S. C. Leung;Takashi Iwayama;Thomas Prindiville;David T. Chuang

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis
Ross L. Coppel
Ross L. Coppel Monash University
Francois Villinger
Francois Villinger University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Patrick S.C. Leung
Patrick S.C. Leung University of California, Davis
Koichi Tsuneyama
Koichi Tsuneyama University of Tokushima
Zhe-Xiong Lian
Zhe-Xiong Lian University of Science and Technology of China
Xiao-Song He
Xiao-Song He University of California, Davis
Judith A Van de Water
Judith A Van de Water University of California, Davis
Carlo Selmi
Carlo Selmi Humanitas University
Pietro Invernizzi
Pietro Invernizzi University of Milano-Bicocca

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