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Andreas Cerny is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and specializes in the field of Medicine with a particular focus on Hepatology. Their professional work encompasses multiple subfields, including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

The research topics addressed by Cerny primarily involve Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Diseases and Immunity, as well as extensive studies on Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus. Their investigations also cover COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments, reflecting a broad interest in viral hepatology and immune responses related to liver conditions.

The scientist has contributed papers to several notable publication venues. Frequent journals include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Journal of Autoimmunity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Some of the recent academic papers by Andreas Cerny include:

  • Acute autoimmune-like hepatitis with atypical anti-mitochondrial antibody after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination: A novel clinical entity?, 2021, Journal of Autoimmunity
  • A high-risk gut microbiota configuration associates with fatal hyperinflammatory immune and metabolic responses to SARS-CoV-2, 2022, Gut Microbes
  • Methylene Blue has a potent antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 influenza virus in the absence of UV-activation in vitro, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Histological and serological features of acute liver injury after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, 2022, JHEP Reports
  • Primary biliary cholangitis with normal alkaline phosphatase: A neglected clinical entity challenging current guidelines, 2020, Journal of Autoimmunity

Collaboration efforts in research have been significant, with frequent co-authors including:

  • David Semela
  • Benedetta Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli
  • Giorgina Mieli-Vergani
  • Diego Vergani
  • Nasser Semmo

Best Publications

  • Genetic Variation in IL28B Is Associated With Chronic Hepatitis C and Treatment Failure: A Genome-Wide Association Study

    Andri Rauch;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Patrick Descombes;Tao Cai

  • Pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C: immunological features of hepatic injury and viral persistence.

    Andreas Cerny;Francis V. Chisari

  • Association of Hepatitis C Virus—Specific CD8+ T Cells with Viral Clearance in Acute Hepatitis C

    Norbert H. Grüner;Tilman J. Gerlach;Maria-Christina Jung;Helmut M. Diepolder

  • Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Ursodeoxycholic Acid With Vitamin E in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

    Jean–François Dufour;Carl M. Oneta;Jean–Jacques Gonvers;Florian Bihl

  • HLA A2 restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to multiple hepatitis B surface antigen epitopes during hepatitis B virus infection.

    R Nayersina;P Fowler;S Guilhot;G Missale

  • NATURALLY OCCURRING DOMINANT RESISTANCE MUTATIONS TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS PROTEASE AND POLYMERASE INHIBITORS IN TREATMENT-NAIVE PATIENTS

    Thomas Kuntzen;Joerg Timm;Andrew Berical;Niall Lennon

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to hepatitis C virus-derived peptides containing the HLA A2.1 binding motif.

    A Cerny;J G McHutchison;C Pasquinelli;M E Brown

  • CD8+ T lymphocyte responses are induced during acute hepatitis C virus infection but are not sustained.

    Franziska Lechner;Norbert H. Gruener;Simona Urbani;Jacopo Uggeri

  • Genotype 3 is associated with accelerated fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C.

    Pierre-Yves Bochud;Pierre-Yves Bochud;Tao Cai;Tao Cai;Kathrin Stéphanie Overbeck;Murielle Bochud

  • IL28B expression depends on a novel TT/-G polymorphism which improves HCV clearance prediction

    Stéphanie Bibert;Thierry Roger;Thierry Calandra;Murielle Bochud

  • Molecular Mimicry of Human Cytochrome P450 by Hepatitis C Virus at the Level of Cytotoxic T Cell Recognition

    A. R. Kammer;S. H. Van Der Burg;B. Grabscheid;I. P. Hunziker

  • Insulin resistance is associated with liver fibrosis in non-diabetic chronic hepatitis C patients

    Alba Muzzi;Alba Muzzi;Gioacchino Leandro;Laura Rubbia-Brandt;Richard James

  • Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants Associated With Progression of Liver Fibrosis From HCV Infection

    Etienne Patin;Etienne Patin;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Julien Guergnon;Stéphanie Bibert

  • IL28B alleles associated with poor hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance protect against inflammation and fibrosis in patients infected with non-1 HCV genotypes†‡§

    Pierre-Yves Bochud;Stéphanie Bibert;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Etienne Patin;Etienne Patin

  • Comparative immunogenicity of a PreS/S hepatitis B vaccine in non- and low responders to conventional vaccine.

    Pamela Rendi-Wagner;Daniel Shouval;Blaise Genton;Yoav Lurie

  • Polyfunctional HCV-specific T-cell responses are associated with effective control of HCV replication

    Donatella Ciuffreda;Denis Comte;Matthias Cavassini;Emiliano Giostra

  • Reduced IFNλ4 activity is associated with improved HCV clearance and reduced expression of interferon-stimulated genes

    Ewa Terczyńska-Dyla;Stephanie Bibert;Francois H. T. Duong;Francois H. T. Duong;Ilona Krol;Ilona Krol

  • CTL access to tissue antigen is restricted in vivo.

    Kazuki Ando;Luca G. Guidotti;Andreas Cerny;Tetsuya Ishikawa

  • B cells are required for induction of T cell abnormalities in a murine retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency syndrome.

    A Cerny;A W Hügin;R R Hardy;K Hayakawa

  • Viral genotype-specific role of PNPLA3, PPARG, MTTP, and IL28B in hepatitis C virus-associated steatosis.

    Tao Cai;Jean-François Jacques Dufour;Beat Muellhaupt;Tilman Joern Gerlach

Frequent Co-Authors

Darius Moradpour
Darius Moradpour University of Lausanne
Markus H. Heim
Markus H. Heim University Hospital of Basel
Francesco Negro
Francesco Negro University of Geneva
Pierre-Yves Bochud
Pierre-Yves Bochud University of Lausanne
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Jean-François Dufour
Jean-François Dufour University of Bern
Werner J. Pichler
Werner J. Pichler University Hospital of Bern
Francis V. Chisari
Francis V. Chisari Scripps Research Institute
Laurent Abel
Laurent Abel Université Paris Cité
Diego Vergani
Diego Vergani King's College London

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