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Timothy M. Block

Timothy M. Block

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Immunology

D-Index
78
Citations
20037
World Ranking
1771
National Ranking
873

Overview

Timothy M. Block is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Epidemiology, Hepatology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Organic Chemistry. The scientist's work encompasses studies related to hepatitis viruses, liver diseases, and molecular mechanisms relevant to cancer and viral infections.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Timothy M. Block has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Antiviral Research
  • Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Annual Review of Virology
  • BMC Public Health

Frequent coauthors with whom they have collaborated multiple times are:

  • Tianlun Zhou
  • Yanming Du
  • Chari Cohen
  • Kyong-Mi Chang
  • Anna S. Lok

Some recent papers illustrating their research contributions include:

  • "A roadmap for serum biomarkers for hepatitis B virus: current status and future outlook," published in 2022 in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma," published in 2020 in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "Prospects for the Global Elimination of Hepatitis B," published in 2021 in Annual Review of Virology
  • "Common concerns, barriers to care, and the lived experience of individuals with hepatitis B: a qualitative study," published in 2021 in BMC Public Health
  • "Highly multiplexed 2-dimensional imaging mass cytometry analysis of HBV-infected liver," published in 2021 in JCI Insight

Best Publications

  • Molecular viral oncology of hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Timothy M Block;Anand S Mehta;Claus J Fimmel;Claus J Fimmel;Robert Jordan

  • Use of targeted glycoproteomics to identify serum glycoproteins that correlate with liver cancer in woodchucks and humans.

    Timothy M. Block;Mary Ann Comunale;Melissa Lowman;Laura F. Steel

  • Imino sugars inhibit the formation and secretion of bovine viral diarrhea virus, a pestivirus model of hepatitis C virus: Implications for the development of broad spectrum anti-hepatitis virus agents

    Nicole Zitzmann;Anand S. Mehta;Sandra Carrouée;Terry D. Butters

  • Identification of Five Interferon-Induced Cellular Proteins That Inhibit West Nile Virus and Dengue Virus Infections

    Dong Jiang;Jessica M. Weidner;Min Qing;Min Qing;Xiao Ben Pan

  • α-Glucosidase inhibitors as potential broad based anti-viral agents

    Anand Mehta;Nicole Zitzmann;Pauline M Rudd;Timothy M Block

  • Characterization of the Intracellular Deproteinized Relaxed Circular DNA of Hepatitis B Virus: an Intermediate of Covalently Closed Circular DNA Formation

    Haitao Guo;Dong Jiang;Tianlun Zhou;Andrea Cuconati

  • Present and future therapies of hepatitis B: From discovery to cure

    T. Jake Liang;Timothy M. Block;Brian J. McMahon;Marc G. Ghany

  • Interferon-Induced Cell Membrane Proteins, IFITM3 and Tetherin, Inhibit Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infection via Distinct Mechanisms

    Jessica M. Weidner;Dong Jiang;Xiao-Ben Pan;Jinhong Chang

  • Identification of Three Interferon-Inducible Cellular Enzymes That Inhibit the Replication of Hepatitis C Virus

    Dong Jiang;Haitao Guo;Chunxiao Xu;Jinhong Chang;Jinhong Chang

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Microbial Translocation and Progression of Hepatitis C

    Ashwin Balagopal;Frances H. Philp;Jacquie Astemborski;Timothy M. Block

  • Liver-Specific MicroRNA miR-122 Enhances the Replication of Hepatitis C Virus in Nonhepatic Cells

    Jinhong Chang;Ju-Tao Guo;Dong Jiang;Haitao Guo

  • Lectin Capture Strategies Combined with Mass Spectrometry for the Discovery of Serum Glycoprotein Biomarkers

    Richard R. Drake;E. Ellen Schwegler;Gunjan Malik;Jose Diaz

  • Molecular virology of hepatitis B virus for clinicians.

    Timothy M. Block;Haitao Guo;Ju-Tao Guo

  • Identification of Disubstituted Sulfonamide Compounds as Specific Inhibitors of Hepatitis B Virus Covalently Closed Circular DNA Formation

    Dawei Cai;Courtney Mills;Wenquan Yu;Ran Yan

  • Secretion of human hepatitis B virus is inhibited by the imino sugar N-butyldeoxynojirimycin.

    Timothy M. Block;Xuanyong Lu;Frances M. Platt;Graham R. Foster

  • Proteomic Analysis of Serum Associated Fucosylated Glycoproteins in the Development of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Mary Ann Comunale;Melissa Lowman;Ronald E Long;Jonathan Krakover

  • Inhibition of Hepatitis B Virus Replication by the Host Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein

    Richeng Mao;Hui Nie;Dawei Cai;Jiming Zhang

  • A strategy for the comparative analysis of serum proteomes for the discovery of biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Laura F. Steel;Donna Shumpert;Michael Trotter;Steven H. Seeholzer

  • Is chronic hepatitis B being undertreated in the United States

    C. Cohen;S. D. Holmberg;B. J. McMahon;J. M. Block

  • SELDI-TOF MS profiling of serum for detection of the progression of chronic hepatitis C to hepatocellular carcinoma.

    E. Ellen Schwegler;Lisa Cazares;Laura F. Steel;Bao Ling Adam

  • Replication of a cytopathic strain of bovine viral diarrhea virus activates PERK and induces endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis of MDBK cells.

    Robert Jordan;Lijuan Wang;Thomas M. Graczyk;Timothy M. Block

Frequent Co-Authors

Anand Mehta
Anand Mehta Medical University of South Carolina
Ju-Tao Guo
Ju-Tao Guo Drexel University
Raymond A. Dwek
Raymond A. Dwek University of Oxford
Baruch S. Blumberg
Baruch S. Blumberg Fox Chase Cancer Center
Nigel W. Fraser
Nigel W. Fraser University of Pennsylvania
Terry D. Butters
Terry D. Butters University of Oxford
Robert G. Gish
Robert G. Gish University of Nevada Reno
Nicole Zitzmann
Nicole Zitzmann University of Oxford
Frances M. Platt
Frances M. Platt University of Oxford
Robert M. Moriarty
Robert M. Moriarty University of Illinois at Chicago

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