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  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Christopher M. Walker is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in hepatology, epidemiology, immunology, infectious diseases, and animal science and zoology. The scientist's work spans several key topics, including:

  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Christopher M. Walker has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Zongdi Feng (7 collaborations)
  • Stanley M. Lemon (6 collaborations)
  • Jonathan R. Honegger (6 collaborations)
  • Arash Grakoui (5 collaborations)
  • Xin Yin (3 collaborations)

The scientist's publications have appeared frequently in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries (5 publications)
  • Journal of the American College of Radiology (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Immunology (3 publications)
  • Current Opinion in Virology (2 publications)
  • PLoS Pathogens (2 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Christopher M. Walker include:

  • Cell entry and release of quasi-enveloped human hepatitis viruses, 2023, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • T cell responses during HBV and HCV infections: similar but not quite the same?, 2021, Current Opinion in Virology
  • Resolution of hepatitis E virus infection in CD8+ T cell-depleted rhesus macaques, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • Priming of Antiviral CD8 T Cells without Effector Function by a Persistently Replicating Hepatitis C-Like Virus, 2020, Journal of Virology
  • CD4+ T cell restoration and control of hepatitis C virus replication after childbirth, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Their research explores immune responses to hepatitis viruses, focusing on viral entry, infection resolution, and T cell function in viral diseases.

Christopher M. Walker has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2006.

Best Publications

  • CD8+ lymphocytes can control HIV infection in vitro by suppressing virus replication

    Christopher M. Walker;Dewey J. Moody;Daniel P. Stites;Jay A. Levy

  • Adaptive immune responses in acute and chronic hepatitis C virus infection

    David G. Bowen;Christopher M. Walker

  • Analysis of a successful immune response against hepatitis C virus

    Stewart Cooper;Ann L Erickson;Erin J Adams;Joe Kansopon

  • HCV Persistence and Immune Evasion in the Absence of Memory T Cell Help

    Arash Grakoui;Naglaa H Shoukry;David John Woollard;Jin-Hwan Han

  • Memory CD8+ T Cells Are Required for Protection from Persistent Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Naglaa H. Shoukry;Arash Grakoui;Michael Houghton;David Y. Chien

  • A pathogenic picornavirus acquires an envelope by hijacking cellular membranes

    Zongdi Feng;Lucinda Hensley;Kevin L. McKnight;Fengyu Hu

  • Dystrophin Immunity in Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

    Jerry R. Mendell;Katherine Campbell;Katherine Campbell;Louise Rodino-Klapac;Louise Rodino-Klapac;Zarife Sahenk;Zarife Sahenk

  • The outcome of hepatitis C virus infection is predicted by escape mutations in epitopes targeted by cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

    Ann L Erickson;Yoichi Kimura;Suzu Igarashi;Jennifer Eichelberger

  • Induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes by intramuscular immunization with plasmid DNA is facilitated by bone marrow-derived cells.

    Barbara Doe;Mark Selby;Susan Barnett;Juerg Baenziger

  • Persistent hepatitis C virus infection in a chimpanzee is associated with emergence of a cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape variant.

    Amy Weiner;Ann L. Erickson;Joe Kansopon;Kevin Crawford

  • Effect of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation on Viral Aerosols

    Christopher M Walker;Gwangpyo Ko

  • HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION

    Naglaa H. Shoukry;Andrew G. Cawthon;Christopher M. Walker

  • A diffusible lymphokine produced by CD8+ T lymphocytes suppresses HIV replication.

    C M Walker;J A Levy

  • Mutational escape from CD8+ T cell immunity HCV evolution, from chimpanzees to man

    David G. Bowen;Christopher M. Walker

  • Sustained Alpha-Sarcoglycan Gene Expression after Gene Transfer in Limb- Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Type 2D

    Jerry R. Mendell;Jerry R. Mendell;Louise R. Rodino-Klapac;Louise R. Rodino-Klapac;Xiomara Q. Rosales;Brian D. Coley

  • Cell-Mediated Immunity and the Outcome of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Naglaa H. Shoukry;Andrew G. Cawthon;Christopher M. Walker

  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D gene therapy restores α-sarcoglycan and associated proteins

    Jerry R. Mendell;Louise R. Rodino-Klapac;Louise R. Rodino-Klapac;Louise R. Rodino-Klapac;Xiomara Rosales-Quintero;Xiomara Rosales-Quintero;Xiomara Rosales-Quintero;Janaiah Kota;Janaiah Kota;Janaiah Kota

  • The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag gene encodes an internal ribosome entry site.

    Christopher B. Buck;Xuefei Shen;Michael A. Egan;Theodore C. Pierson

  • Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus replication in acutely infected CD4+ cells by CD8+ cells involves a noncytotoxic mechanism.

    C M Walker;A L Erickson;F C Hsueh;J A Levy

  • Limited T Cell Receptor Diversity of HCV-specific T Cell Responses Is Associated with CTL Escape

    Dirk Meyer-Olson;Naglaa H. Shoukry;Kristen W. Brady;Helen Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry R. Mendell
Jerry R. Mendell The Ohio State University
Zarife Sahenk
Zarife Sahenk Nationwide Children's Hospital
Kevin M. Flanigan
Kevin M. Flanigan The Ohio State University
Arash Grakoui
Arash Grakoui Emory University School of Medicine
Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
David Bowen
David Bowen Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
John Sidney
John Sidney La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Spyros A. Kalams
Spyros A. Kalams Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stanley M. Lemon
Stanley M. Lemon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert E. Lanford
Robert E. Lanford Texas Biomedical Research Institute

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