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David R. Milich

David R. Milich

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Immunology

D-Index
63
Citations
13227
World Ranking
3045
National Ranking
1429

Overview

David R. Milich is affiliated with Scripps Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Virology.

The scientific contributions of Milich cover key topics related to bacterial and viral pathogens. These include:

  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Milich has a publication record that includes recent papers concentrated on vaccine development targeting Bacillus anthracis. Notable articles include:

  • "A Lyophilizable Nanoparticle Anthrax Vaccine Targeting the Loop-Neutralizing Determinant in Protective Antigen from Bacillus anthracis," published in 2025 in Microorganisms
  • "A Lyophilizable Nanoparticle Vaccine Specific for a Novel Linear Neutralizing Epitope in the α2-α3 Helices of Domain 3 of Lethal Factor from Bacillus anthracis," published in 2025 in Toxins

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Milich include Jon Oscherwitz, Kemp B. Cease, Thomas Braun, Fen Yu, and David C. Whitacre. This network of collaboration reflects interdisciplinary engagement within their research fields.

Milich's work is published in journals such as Microorganisms and Toxins, highlighting a focus on microbiology and toxin-related studies within medical and molecular biology contexts.

Best Publications

  • Is a function of the secreted hepatitis B e antigen to induce immunologic tolerance in utero

    David R. Milich;Joyce E. Jones;Janice L. Hughes;Jennifer Price

  • Exploring the biological basis of hepatitis B e antigen in hepatitis B virus infection

    David Milich;T. Jake Liang

  • The Nucleocapsid of Hepatitis B Virus Is Both a T-Cell-Independent and a T-Cell-Dependent Antigen

    David R. Milich;Alan McLachlan

  • Enhanced immunogenicity of the pre-S region of hepatitis B surface antigen

    David R. Milich;George B. Thornton;A. Robert Neurath;Steven B. Kent

  • Antibody production to the nucleocapsid and envelope of the hepatitis B virus primed by a single synthetic T cell site

    David R. Milich;Alan McLachlan;George B. Thornton;Janice L. Hughes

  • A transgenic mouse model of the chronic hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state

    F. V. Chisari;C. A. Pinkert;D. R. Milich;P. Filippi

  • The antiviral compound ribavirin modulates the T helper (Th) 1/Th2 subset balance in hepatitis B and C virus-specific immune responses

    Catharina Hultgren;David R. Milich;Ola Weiland;Matti Sällberg

  • Expression of hepatitis B virus large envelope polypeptide inhibits hepatitis B surface antigen secretion in transgenic mice.

    F. V. Chisari;P. Filippi;Alan McLachlan;D. R. Milich

  • A function of the hepatitis B virus precore protein is to regulate the immune response to the core antigen

    Margaret T. Chen;Jean Noel Billaud;Matti Sällberg;Luca G. Guidotti

  • Synthetic hepatitis B virus vaccine including both T cell and B cell determinants

    David R. Milich;Frank V. Chisari

  • Immune tolerance split between hepatitis B virus precore and core proteins.

    Margaret Chen;Matti Sällberg;Janice Hughes;Joyce Jones

  • The position of heterologous epitopes inserted in hepatitis B virus core particles determines their immunogenicity.

    F. Schödel;A. M. Moriarty;D. L. Peterson;Jian Zheng

  • Role of B cells in antigen presentation of the hepatitis B core

    David R. Milich;Margaret Chen;Florian Schödel;Darrell L. Peterson

  • Limited humoral immunity in hepatitis C virus infection.

    Margaret Chen;Matti Sällberg;Anders Sönnerborg;Ola Weiland

  • Expression of hepatitis B virus surface and core antigens: influences of pre-S and precore sequences.

    A McLachlan;D R Milich;A K Raney;M G Riggs

  • Hepatitis B synthetic immunogen comprised of nucleocapsid T-cell sites and an envelope B-cell epitope

    David R. Milich;Janice L. Hughes;Alan McLachlan;George B. Thornton

  • Immunology and the liver.

    Marion Peters;John Vierling;M. Eric Gershwin;David Milich

  • T- and B-cell recognition of hepatitis B viral antigens

    David R. Milich

  • Immune response to synthetic peptide analogues of hepatitis B surface antigen specific for the a determinant

    Pradip K. Bhatnagar;Ellece Papas;Hubert E. Blum;David R. Milich

  • HEPATITIS B VIRUS CORE ANTIGEN HAS TWO NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SEQUENCES IN THE ARGININE-RICH CARBOXYL TERMINUS

    S G Eckhardt;D R Milich;A McLachlan

  • Comparative immunogenicity of hepatitis B virus core and E antigens.

    D R Milich;A McLachlan;S Stahl;P Wingfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis V. Chisari
Francis V. Chisari Scripps Research Institute
Matti Sällberg
Matti Sällberg Karolinska University Hospital
Ola Weiland
Ola Weiland Karolinska University Hospital
Kazuhiko Koike
Kazuhiko Koike University of Tokyo
Shiro Iino
Shiro Iino St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Florian Schödel
Florian Schödel Max Planck Society
Geert Leroux-Roels
Geert Leroux-Roels Ghent University
Anders Sönnerborg
Anders Sönnerborg Karolinska Institute
Roy Curtiss
Roy Curtiss University of Florida
Andrew J. Easton
Andrew J. Easton University of Warwick

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