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Guillermo I. Perez-Perez

Guillermo I. Perez-Perez

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
30338
World Ranking
1251
National Ranking
555

Overview

Guillermo I. Perez-Perez is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with specific work conducted within the subfields of surgery, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and gastroenterology.

The scientist's research addresses several topics including Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, gastric cancer management and outcomes, gut microbiota and health, COVID-19 clinical research studies, kidney stones and urolithiasis treatments, celiac disease research and management, and gastrointestinal motility and disorders.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Perez-Perez include Martin J. Blaser, Fritz François, Huilin Li, Mónica Oleastro, and Lama Nazzal.

Their recent papers include:

  • Oral and gastric microbiome in relation to gastric intestinal metaplasia, 2021, published in International Journal of Cancer
  • MiR130b from Schlafen4 + MDSCs stimulates epithelial proliferation and correlates with preneoplastic changes prior to gastric cancer, 2020, published in Gut
  • A 500-year tale of co-evolution, adaptation, and virulence: Helicobacter pylori in the Americas, 2020, published in The ISME Journal
  • A single early-in-life antibiotic course increases susceptibility to DSS-induced colitis, 2020, published in Genome Medicine
  • Ongoing Challenges Faced in the Global Control of COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, published in Archives of Medical Research

Publications by Perez-Perez have appeared in a variety of venues, some of the most frequent being:

  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Gut
  • The ISME Journal
  • Genome Medicine
  • Archives of Medical Research

Best Publications

  • Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric carcinoma among Japanese Americans in Hawaii.

    Abraham Nomura;Grant N. Stemmermann;Po-Huang Chyou;Ikuko Kato

  • Infection with Helicobacter pylori Strains Possessing cagA Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Developing Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach

    Martin J. Blaser;Guillermo I. Perez-Perez;Harry Kleanthous;Timothy L. Cover

  • Antibiotics, birth mode, and diet shape microbiome maturation during early life

    Nicholas A. Bokulich;Jennifer Chung;Thomas Battaglia;Nora Henderson

  • Molecular analysis of the bacterial microbiota in the human stomach

    Elisabeth M. Bik;Paul B. Eckburg;Steven R. Gill;Karen E. Nelson

  • Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection

    Guillermo I. Perez-Perez;Dietrich Rothenbacher;Hermann Brenner

  • Traces of human migrations in Helicobacter pylori populations

    Daniel Falush;Thierry Wirth;Bodo Linz;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and histologic gastritis in asymptomatic persons

    Cornelius P. Dooley;Hartley Cohen;Patrick L. Fitzgibbons;Madeline Bauer

  • Accuracy of invasive and noninvasive tests to diagnose Helicobacter pylori infection.

    Alan F. Cutler;Suzanne Havstad;Chen K. Ma;Martin J. Blaser

  • Intrafamilial clustering of Helicobacter pylori infection.

    Brendan Drumm;Guillermo I. Perez-Perez;Martin J. Blaser;Philip M. Sherman

  • CAMPYLOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODIES IN HUMANS

    Guillermo I. Perez-Perez;Brad M. Dworkin;Joel E. Chodos;Martin J. Blaser

  • Activation of β-catenin by carcinogenic Helicobacter pylori

    Aime T. Franco;Dawn A. Israel;Mary K. Washington;Uma Krishna

  • Purification and characterization of urease from Helicobacter pylori.

    B. E. Dunn;G. P. Campbell;G. I. Perez-Perez;Martin Blaser

  • The seroprevalence of cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strains in the spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux disease

    Joseph J. Vicari;Richard M. Peek;Gary W. Falk;John R. Goldblum

  • Functional adaptation of BabA the H. pylori ABO blood group antigen binding adhesin

    Marina Aspholm-Hurtig;Giedrius Dailide;Martina Lahmann;Awdhesh Kalia

  • Helicobacter pylori cagA + Strains and Dissociation of Gastric Epithelial Cell Proliferation From Apoptosis

    Peek Rm;Moss Sf;Tham Kt;Tham Kt;Pérez-Pérez Gi

  • Surface proteins from Helicobacter pylori exhibit chemotactic activity for human leukocytes and are present in gastric mucosa.

    Uwe E. H. Mai;Guillermo I. Perez-Perez;Janice B. Allen;Sharon M. Wahl

  • Community differentiation of the cutaneous microbiota in psoriasis

    Alexander V Alekseyenko;Guillermo I Perez-Perez;Aieska De Souza;Bruce Strober

  • Serologic detection of infection with cagA+ Helicobacter pylori strains.

    T L Cover;Y Glupczynski;A P Lage;A Burette

  • Soluble surface proteins from Helicobacter pylori activate monocytes/macrophages by lipopolysaccharide-independent mechanism.

    U E Mai;G I Perez-Perez;L M Wahl;S M Wahl

  • A comprehensive review of the natural history of Helicobacter pylori infection in children.

    Javier Torres;Guillermo Pérez-Pérez;Karen J. Goodman;John C. Atherton

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard M. Peek
Richard M. Peek Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Timothy L. Cover
Timothy L. Cover Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ernst J. Kuipers
Ernst J. Kuipers Nanyang Technological University
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Henriëtte A. Moll
Henriëtte A. Moll Erasmus University Rotterdam
Julie Parsonnet
Julie Parsonnet Stanford University
Demetrius Albanes
Demetrius Albanes National Institutes of Health
John Atherton
John Atherton Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Jarmo Virtamo
Jarmo Virtamo National Institutes of Health

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