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Mirjam B. Zeisel

Mirjam B. Zeisel

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Microbiology

D-Index
56
Citations
10532
World Ranking
3713
National Ranking
216

Overview

Mirjam B. Zeisel is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and has a research portfolio centered on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields with particular focus on molecular biology, cancer research, epidemiology, hepatology, and neurology.

Their main research topics cover a range of issues including cancer-related molecular mechanisms, hepatitis B virus studies, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, microRNA in disease regulation, epigenetics and DNA methylation, hepatitis C virus research, and cancer-related gene regulation.

Frequent publication venues for Mirjam B. Zeisel include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Gut
  • Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Mirjam B. Zeisel has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Massimo Levrero
  • Francesca Guerrieri
  • Frank Jühling
  • Émilie Crouchet
  • Marine A. Oudot

Recent publications by Mirjam B. Zeisel highlight ongoing research in liver diseases, viral hepatitis, and cancer biology:

  • Hepatitis B protein HBx binds the DLEU2 lncRNA to sustain cccDNA and host cancer-related gene transcription, 2020, Gut
  • Targeting clinical epigenetic reprogramming for chemoprevention of metabolic and viral hepatocellular carcinoma, 2020, Gut
  • Hepatitis C Virus Entry: An Intriguingly Complex and Highly Regulated Process, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • A human liver cell-based system modeling a clinical prognostic liver signature for therapeutic discovery, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Treatment of HCC with claudin-1-specific antibodies suppresses carcinogenic signaling and reprograms the tumor microenvironment, 2022, Journal of Hepatology

Best Publications

  • EGFR and EphA2 are host factors for hepatitis C virus entry and possible targets for antiviral therapy

    Joachim Lupberger;Mirjam B Zeisel;Mirjam B Zeisel;Fei Xiao;Fei Xiao;Christine Thumann;Christine Thumann

  • miR-122 – A key factor and therapeutic target in liver disease

    Simonetta Bandiera;Simonetta Bandiera;Sébastien Pfeffer;Sébastien Pfeffer;Thomas F. Baumert;Thomas F. Baumert;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Mirjam B. Zeisel

  • Rapid induction of virus-neutralizing antibodies and viral clearance in a single-source outbreak of hepatitis C

    Jan M. Pestka;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Edith Bläser;Peter Schürmann

  • Tight junction proteins in gastrointestinal and liver disease

    Mirjam B Zeisel;Mirjam B Zeisel;Punita Dhawan;Thomas F Baumert;Thomas F Baumert

  • Scavenger receptor class B type I is a key host factor for hepatitis C virus infection required for an entry step closely linked to CD81

    Mirjam B. Zeisel;George Koutsoudakis;Eva K. Schnober;Anita Haberstroh;Anita Haberstroh

  • Towards an HBV cure: state-of-the-art and unresolved questions—report of the ANRS workshop on HBV cure

    Mirjam B. Zeisel;Julie Lucifora;William S. Mason;Camille Sureau

  • Apolipoprotein E interacts with hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 5A and determines assembly of infectious particles.

    Wagane J. A. Benga;Wagane J. A. Benga;Sophie E. Krieger;Sophie E. Krieger;Maria Dimitrova;Maria Dimitrova;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Mirjam B. Zeisel

  • Hepatitis C Virus Hypervariable Region 1 Modulates Receptor Interactions, Conceals the CD81 Binding Site, and Protects Conserved Neutralizing Epitopes

    Dorothea Bankwitz;Eike Steinmann;Julia Bitzegeio;Sandra Ciesek

  • HCV-Induced Epigenetic Changes Associated With Liver Cancer Risk Persist After Sustained Virologic Response.

    Nourdine Hamdane;Nourdine Hamdane;Frank Jühling;Frank Jühling;Emilie Crouchet;Emilie Crouchet;Houssein El Saghire;Houssein El Saghire

  • Hepatitis C virus entry into hepatocytes: molecular mechanisms and targets for antiviral therapies.

    Mirjam B. Zeisel;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Isabel Fofana;Isabel Fofana;Samira Fafi-Kremer;Samira Fafi-Kremer;Thomas F. Baumert;Thomas F. Baumert

  • HRas Signal Transduction Promotes Hepatitis C Virus Cell Entry by Triggering Assembly of the Host Tetraspanin Receptor Complex

    Laetitia Zona;Joachim Lupberger;Joachim Lupberger;Nazha Sidahmed-Adrar;Nazha Sidahmed-Adrar;Christine Thumann;Christine Thumann

  • Inhibition of hepatitis C virus infection by anti-claudin-1 antibodies is mediated by neutralization of E2-CD81-claudin-1 associations.

    Sophie E. Krieger;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Christopher Davis;Christine Thumann;Christine Thumann

  • Hepatitis C Virus Entry

    Mirjam B. Zeisel;Daniel J. Felmlee;Daniel J. Felmlee;Thomas F. Baumert;Thomas F. Baumert

  • Geraniol, a component of plant essential oils, modulates DNA synthesis and potentiates 5-fluorouracil efficacy on human colon tumor xenografts.

    Stephanie Carnesecchi;Rui Bras-Gonçalves;Amyaouch Bradaia;Mirjam Zeisel

  • A targeted functional RNA interference screen uncovers glypican 5 as an entry factor for hepatitis B and D viruses.

    Eloi R. Verrier;Che C. Colpitts;Charlotte Bach;Laura Heydmann

  • Small molecule scavenger receptor BI antagonists are potent HCV entry inhibitors

    Andrew J. Syder;Haekyung Lee;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Joe Grove

  • Characterization of hepatitis C virus particle subpopulations reveals multiple usage of the scavenger receptor BI for entry steps.

    Viet Loan Dao Thi;Christelle Granier;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Maryse Guérin

  • Adaptation of Hepatitis C Virus to Mouse CD81 Permits Infection of Mouse Cells in the Absence of Human Entry Factors

    Julia Bitzegeio;Dorothea Bankwitz;Kathrin Hueging;Sibylle Haid

  • Clearance of persistent hepatitis C virus infection in humanized mice using a claudin-1-targeting monoclonal antibody

    Laurent Mailly;Laurent Mailly;Fei Xiao;Fei Xiao;Joachim Lupberger;Joachim Lupberger;Garrick K Wilson

  • Hepatitis C virus cell-cell transmission and resistance to direct-acting antiviral agents

    Fei Xiao;Isabel Fofana;Laura Heydmann;Heidi Barth

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Baumert
Thomas F. Baumert University of Strasbourg
François-Loïc Cosset
François-Loïc Cosset Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Ralf Bartenschlager
Ralf Bartenschlager Heidelberg University
Jane A. McKeating
Jane A. McKeating University of Oxford
Hubert E. Blum
Hubert E. Blum University of Freiburg
Samira Fafi-Kremer
Samira Fafi-Kremer University of Strasbourg
Arvind H. Patel
Arvind H. Patel University of Glasgow
Yujin Hoshida
Yujin Hoshida The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Markus H. Heim
Markus H. Heim University Hospital of Basel
Camille Sureau
Camille Sureau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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