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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Nobel Prize for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Harvey J. Alter is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with extensive contributions in epidemiology, hepatology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and neurology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation

Among recent publications are:

  • "Naturally Acquired SARS-CoV-2 Immunity Persists for Up to 11 Months Following Infection" (2021) published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Chitinase 3-like 1 is a profibrogenic factor overexpressed in the aging liver and in patients with liver cirrhosis" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Inflammatory signaling in NASH driven by hepatocyte mitochondrial dysfunctions" (2023) published in Journal of Translational Medicine
  • "Potent monoclonal antibodies neutralize Omicron sublineages and other SARS-CoV-2 variants" (2022) published in Cell Reports
  • "Extremely potent monoclonal antibodies neutralize Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants" (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Valeria De Giorgi
  • Patrizia Farci
  • Kamille A. West
  • Michael R. Holbrook
  • Robin Gross

The scientist has published multiple times in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Oncology
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Translational Medicine

Recognition of the scientist's work includes the Nobel Prize awarded in 2020 for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2002.

Best Publications

  • An assay for circulating antibodies to a major etiologic virus of human non-A, non-B hepatitis

    G. Kuo;Q.-L. Choo;H.J. Alter;G.L. Gitnick

  • Detection of antibody to hepatitis C virus in prospectively followed transfusion recipients with acute and chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis

    Harvey J. Alter;Robert H. Purcell;James W. Shih;Jacqueline C. Melpolder

  • Molecular Cloning and Disease Association of Hepatitis G Virus: A Transfusion-Transmissible Agent

    Jeff Linnen;John Wages;Zhen-Yong Zhang-Keck;Kirk E. Fry

  • An assay for circulating antibodies to a major etiologic virus of human non-A, non-B hepatitis.

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  • A New Antigen in Leukemia Sera

    Baruch S. Blumberg;Harvey J. Alter;Sam Visnich

  • Interrelationship of blood transfusion, non‐A, non‐B hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma: Analysis by detection of antibody to hepatitis C virus

    Kendo Kiyosawa;Takeshi Sodeyama;Eiji Tanaka;Yukio Gibo

  • A proposed system for the nomenclature of hepatitis C viral genotypes

    P Simmonds;A Alberti;H J Alter;F Bonino

  • The outcome of acute hepatitis C predicted by the evolution of the viral quasispecies.

    Patrizia Farci;Atsushi Shimoda;Alessandra Coiana;Giacomo Diaz

  • Recovery, Persistence, and Sequelae in Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Perspective on Long-Term Outcome

    Harvey J. Alter;Leonard B. Seeff

  • Lack of protective immunity against reinfection with hepatitis C virus

    Patrizia Farci;Harvey J. Alter;Sugantha Govindarajan;Doris C. Wong

  • Routes of Infection, Viremia, and Liver Disease in Blood Donors Found to Have Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Conry-Cantilena C;VanRaden M;Gibble J;Melpolder J

  • Nucleotide sequence and mutation rate of the H strain of hepatitis C virus.

    Norio Ogata;Harvey J. Alter;Roger H. Miller;Robert H. Purcell

  • Prevention of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chimpanzees by Hyperimmune Serum against the Hypervariable Region 1 of the Envelope 2 Protein

    Patrizia Farci;Atsushi Shimoda;Doris Wong;Teresa Cabezon

  • Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis Not Due to Viral Hepatitis Type A or B

    Stephen M. Feinstone;Albert Z. Kapikian;Robert H. Purcell;Harvey J. Alter

  • A Long-Term Study of Hepatitis C Virus Replication in Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

    Patrizia Farci;Harvey J. Alter;Doris Wong;Roger H. Miller

  • Impaired Effector Function of Hepatitis C Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Heiner Wedemeyer;Xiao Song He;Michelina Nascimbeni;Anthony R. Davis

  • The incidence of transfusion-associated hepatitis G virus infection and its relation to liver disease

    H. J. Alter;Y. Nakatsuji;J. Melpolder;J. Wages

  • Long-term clinical and histopathological follow-up of chronic posttransfusion hepatitis.

    Adrian M. di Bisceglie;Zachary D. Goodman;Kamal G. Ishak;Jay H. Hoofnagle

  • Hepatitis B vaccine in patients receiving hemodialysis. Immunogenicity and efficacy.

    Cladd E. Stevens;Harvey J. Alter;Patricia E. Taylor;Edith A. Zang

  • Prevention of hepatitis C virus infection in chimpanzees after antibody-mediated in vitro neutralization.

    Patrizia Farci;Harvey J. Alter;Doris C. Wong;Roger H. Miller

  • Neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis C virus and the emergence of neutralization escape mutant viruses.

    Y K Shimizu;M Hijikata;A Iwamoto;H J Alter

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Purcell
Robert H. Purcell National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Paul V. Holland
Paul V. Holland University of California, Davis
James Wai-Kuo Shih
James Wai-Kuo Shih Xiamen University
Patrizia Farci
Patrizia Farci National Institutes of Health
Jay H. Hoofnagle
Jay H. Hoofnagle National Institutes of Health
Jens Bukh
Jens Bukh University of Copenhagen
T. Jake Liang
T. Jake Liang National Institutes of Health
David E. Kleiner
David E. Kleiner National Institutes of Health
Marc G. Ghany
Marc G. Ghany National Institutes of Health
Yasuhito Tanaka
Yasuhito Tanaka Kumamoto University

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