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Juan Ignacio Esteban is affiliated with Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari in Spain and has a substantial body of research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

Their research topics focus on various aspects of viral infections and liver diseases, with a particular emphasis on:

  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Juan Ignacio Esteban has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Naturally occurring SARS-CoV-2 gene deletions close to the spike S1/S2 cleavage site in the viral quasispecies of COVID19 patients" (2020), published in Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "Multimarker Panels for Detection of Early Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective, Multicenter, Case-Control Study" (2021), published in Hepatology Communications
  • "Characteristics of hepatitis C virus resistance in an international cohort after a decade of direct-acting antivirals" (2022), published in JHEP Reports
  • "Amino Acid Substitutions Associated with Treatment Failure for Hepatitis C Virus Infection" (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "Partial restoration of immune response in Hepatitis C patients after viral clearance by direct-acting antiviral therapy" (2021), published in PLoS ONE

The frequent publication venues for Juan Ignacio Esteban include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hepatology Communications
  • JHEP Reports

Research collaboration is a notable element of Juan Ignacio Esteban's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Josep Quer
  • Francisco Rodríguez-Frias
  • Damir García-Cehic
  • Josep Gregori
  • Ariadna Rando-Segura

Best Publications

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

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

  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV) circulates as a population of different but closely related genomes: quasispecies nature of HCV genome distribution.

    M Martell;J I Esteban;J Quer;J Genescà

  • Hepatitis C virus antibodies among risk groups in Spain.

    J.I. Esteban;L. Viladomiu;A. Gonzalez;M. Roget

  • The changing epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in Europe.

    Juan I. Esteban;Juan I. Esteban;Silvia Sauleda;Josep Quer;Josep Quer

  • Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus by a Cardiac Surgeon

    Juan I. Esteban;Jordi Gómez;María Martell;Beatriz Cabot

  • Evaluation of antibodies to hepatitis C virus in a study of transfusion-associated hepatitis.

    Juan I. Esteban;Antonio González;José M. Hernández;Luis Viladomiu

  • High Rate of Infectivity and Liver Disease in Blood Donors with Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus

    Juan Ignacio Esteban;Juan Carlos López-Talavera;Juan Genescà;Pedro Madoz

  • High-Throughput Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Quantitation of Hepatitis C Virus RNA

    María Martell;Jordi Gómez;Juan I. Esteban;Silvia Sauleda

  • The dynamic DNA methylomes of double-stranded DNA viruses associated with human cancer

    Agustin F. Fernandez;Cecilia Rosales;Pilar Lopez-Nieva;Osvaldo Graña

  • Predictive value of ALT levels for histologic findings in chronic hepatitis C: A European collaborative study

    Pierre Pradat;Alfredo Alberti;Thierry Poynard;Juan Ignacio Esteban

  • Quality of life and cognitive function in hepatitis C at different stages of liver disease.

    Juan Córdoba;Montse Flavià;Carlos Jacas;Silvia Sauleda

  • Non-invasive prediction of liver-related events in patients with HCV-associated compensated advanced chronic liver disease after oral antivirals.

    Mònica Pons;Sergio Rodríguez-Tajes;Juan Ignacio Esteban;Juan Ignacio Esteban;Zoe Mariño;Zoe Mariño

  • International, multicenter, randomized, controlled study comparing dynamically individualized versus standard treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C

    Stefan Zeuzem;Jean-Michel Pawlotsky;Esther Lukasiewicz;Michael von Wagner

  • Importance of western blot analysis in predicting infectivity of anti-HTLV-III/LAV positive blood

    JuanI. Esteban;JuanI. Esteban;Chang-Chih Tai;Chang-Chih Tai;JohnW.D. Kay;JohnW.D. Kay;J.Wai-Kuo Shih;J.Wai-Kuo Shih

  • Molecular Tracing of the Global Hepatitis C Virus Epidemic Predicts Regional Patterns of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Mortality

    Yasuhito Tanaka;Fuat Kurbanov;Shuhei Mano;Etsuro Orito

  • Interferon-α in acute posttransfusion hepatitis C:. A randomized, controlled trial

    Lluis Viladomiu;Joan Genescà;Juan I. Esteban;Helena Allende

  • Hepatitis C viral quasispecies

    J Gómez;M Martell;J Quer;B Cabot

  • Viral quasispecies complexity measures

    Josep Gregori;Josep Gregori;Josep Gregori;Celia Perales;Francisco Rodriguez-Frias;Juan I. Esteban

  • Interferon and ribavirin combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C in human immunodeficiency virus–infected patients with congenital coagulation disorders

    Silvia Sauleda;Alberto Juárez;Juan I. Esteban;Carmen Altisent

  • High-Resolution Hepatitis C Virus Subtyping Using NS5B Deep Sequencing and Phylogeny, an Alternative to Current Methods

    Josep Quer;Josep Quer;Josep Gregori;Josep Gregori;Francisco Rodríguez-Frias;Francisco Rodríguez-Frias;Maria Buti;Maria Buti

  • Nucleotide and Amino Acid Complexity of Hepatitis C Virus Quasispecies in Serum and Liver

    Beatriz Cabot;María Martell;Juan I. Esteban;Sílvia Sauleda

  • Naturally occurring NS3-protease-inhibitor resistant mutant A156T in the liver of an untreated chronic hepatitis C patient.

    Maria Cubero;Juan Ignacio Esteban;Juan Ignacio Esteban;Teresa Otero;Silvia Sauleda

  • Expression of Wilms' tumor suppressor in the liver with cirrhosis: relation to hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 and hepatocellular function.

    Carmen Berasain;José‐Ignacio Herrero;Elena R. García‐Trevijano;Matías A. Avila

  • Blood-borne non-A, non-B hepatitis: hepatitis C.

    Joan Genesca;Juan I. Esteban;Harvey J. Alter

  • T cell responses and viral variability in blood donation candidates with occult hepatitis B infection

    Marta Bes;Victor Vargas;Victor Vargas;Maria Piron;Natalia Casamitjana

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Quer
Josep Quer Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Rafael Esteban
Rafael Esteban Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari
Esteban Domingo
Esteban Domingo Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Maria Buti
Maria Buti Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Xavier Forns
Xavier Forns University of Barcelona
Avidan U. Neumann
Avidan U. Neumann Bar-Ilan University
Francesco Negro
Francesco Negro University of Geneva
Javier García-Samaniego
Javier García-Samaniego Hospital Universitario La Paz
Tomás Pumarola
Tomás Pumarola Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca

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