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Overview

Joseph S. Pagano is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with notable contributions in Oncology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist has concentrated a significant portion of their work on viral-associated cancers and disorders. Their research topics also include lymphoma diagnosis and treatment, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, herpesvirus infections and treatments, parvovirus B19 infection studies, eosinophilic disorders and syndromes, and HIV research and treatment.

Pagano has published extensively, with a considerable number of papers appearing in the venue UNC Libraries. Other publication venues include Anglican Theological Review, Nature Biotechnology, JAMA Network Open, and Frontiers in Virology.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Joseph S. Pagano include:

  • A germ-free humanized mouse model shows the contribution of resident microbiota to human-specific pathogen infection, 2023, Nature Biotechnology
  • Mental Health Hospitalizations in Canadian Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Over the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2024, JAMA Network Open
  • HIV Co-infection Augments EBV-Induced Tumorigenesis in vivo, 2022, Frontiers in Virology
  • Prolonged inhibitory effect of 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine against replication of Epstein-Barr virus., 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Expression Is Induced by Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 1 C-Terminal Activation Regions 1 and 2, 2020, UNC Libraries

They frequently collaborate with several researchers, including:

  • Julia Shackelford
  • Christopher B. Whitehurst
  • Jung-Chung Lin
  • Gretchen L. Bentz
  • Angela Wahl

Best Publications

  • Enhancement of the Infectivity of Simian Virus 40 Deoxyribonucleic Acid With Diethylaminoethyl-Dextran

    James H. McCutchan;Joseph S. Pagano

  • Epstein-Barr virus replication in oropharyngeal epithelial cells.

    John W. Sixbey;John G. Nedrud;Nancy Raab-Traub;Robert A. Hanes

  • IRF7: activation, regulation, modification and function

    S Ning;J S Pagano;G N Barber

  • Infectious agents and cancer: criteria for a causal relation.

    Joseph S. Pagano;Martin Blaser;Marie Annick Buendia;Blossom Damania

  • Immediate-early gene region of human cytomegalovirus trans-activates the promoter of human immunodeficiency virus.

    Michelle G. Davis;Shannon C. Kenney;James Kamine;Joseph S. Pagano

  • Exosomal HIF1α supports invasive potential of nasopharyngeal carcinoma-associated LMP1-positive exosomes.

    M. Aga;G. L. Bentz;Salvatore Raffa;Maria Rosaria Torrisi

  • Replication of Epstein–Barr virus in human epithelial cells infected in vitro

    John W. Sixbey;Ervo H. Vesterinen;John G. Nedrud;Nancy Raab-Traub

  • Induction of cyclooxygenase-2 by Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 is involved in vascular endothelial growth factor production in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.

    Shigeyuki Murono;Hiroyasu Inoue;Tadashi Tanabe;Irene Joab

  • Detection of Epstein-Barr Viral Genome in Nonproductive Cells

    Meihan Nonoyama;Joseph S. Pagano

  • IRF-7, a New Interferon Regulatory Factor Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Latency

    Luwen Zhang;Joseph S. Pagano

  • The expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9 is enhanced by Epstein–Barr virus latent membrane protein 1

    Tomokazu Yoshizaki;Hiroshi Sato;Mitsuru Furukawa;Joseph S. Pagano

  • Unique spectrum of activity of 9-[(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxy)methyl]-guanine against herpesviruses in vitro and its mode of action against herpes simplex virus type 1

    Yung-Chi Cheng;Eng-Shang Huang;Jung-Chung Lin;Eng-Chun Mar

  • A second site for Epstein-Barr virus shedding: The uterine cervix

    JW Sixbey;SM Lemon;JS Pagano

  • DNA of Epstein-Barr Virus Detected in Tissue of Burkitt's Lymphoma and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    M. Nonoyama;C. H. Huang;J. S. Pagano;G. Klein

  • The differentiated form of nasopharyngeal carcinoma contains Epstein-Barr virus DNA.

    Nancy Raab-Traub;Kathy Flynn;Joseph Pagano;Gary Pearson

  • Cytotoxicity of Sesquiterpene Lactones

    Kuo-Hsiung Lee;Eng-Shang Huang;Claude Piantadosi;Joseph S. Pagano

  • Homology between Epstein-Barr virus DNA and viral DNA from Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma determined by DNA-DNA reassociation kinetics.

    M. Nonoyama;J. S. Pagano

  • Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 1 Induces Synthesis of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α

    Naohiro Wakisaka;Satoru Kondo;Satoru Kondo;Tomokazu Yoshizaki;Shigeyuki Murono

  • Twist and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Are Induced by the EBV Oncoprotein Latent Membrane Protein 1 and Are Associated with Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Toshiyuki Horikawa;Jing Yang;Jing Yang;Satoru Kondo;Tomokazu Yoshizaki

  • Infectious mononucleosis. Epstein-Barr-virus shedding in saliva and the oropharynx.

    James C. Niederman;George Miller;Howard A. Pearson;Joseph S. Pagano

Frequent Co-Authors

Shannon C. Kenney
Shannon C. Kenney University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nancy Raab-Traub
Nancy Raab-Traub University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eng-Shang Huang
Eng-Shang Huang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stanley M. Lemon
Stanley M. Lemon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Blossom Damania
Blossom Damania University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frank B. Furnari
Frank B. Furnari University of California, San Diego
Stanley A. Plotkin
Stanley A. Plotkin University of Pennsylvania
George Miller
George Miller Yale University
Kamel Khalili
Kamel Khalili Temple University
Maria Rosaria Torrisi
Maria Rosaria Torrisi Sapienza University of Rome

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