Curriculum Vitae

 

May 23, 2005

 

FRANCIS V. CHISARI, M.D.

 

Professor

 


The Scripps Research Institute

10550 North Torrey Pines Road

La Jolla, CA 92037 USA

Phone (858) 784-8228

Fax (858) 784-2160

e-mail: fchisari@scripps.edu


 

 

Date of Birth:                                  April 5, 1942

 

Place of Birth:                                New York, New York

 

Citizenship:                                      USA

 

Education:                                        B.A., Magna cum laude,  Fordham University, 1963

 

                                                               M.D., Cornell University Medical College, 1968

 

Scholastic Honors:                       Phi Beta Kappa, 1963; Alpha Omega Alpha 1967

 

Training:

 

     Anatomic Pathology:            Fellow, Cornell University Medical College, New York 1966-1967.

 

                                                              Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 1969-1970.

 

     Internal Medicine:                 Intern, The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York 1968-1969.

 

                                                              Resident, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 1972-1973.

 

     Immunopathology:               Staff Associate, Laboratory of Pathology, Division of Biological Standards, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 1970-72.

 

                                                              Research Fellow, Department of Experimental Pathology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California  1973-1975.

 

        Molecular Biology:              Fogarty Scholar, Unite de Recombinaison et Expression Genetique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France  1983-1984.

 

Board Certification:                  Internal Medicine, 1973; Anatomic Pathology, 1975.

 

National Service:                         United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland  1970-1972.

 

Employment:

 

1975-1981                       Assistant Professor, Departments of Molecular Immunology and Clinical Research, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California

 

1976-1981                       Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California

 

1981 - 1988                    Associate Professor, Department of Basic and Clinical Research, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California

 

1982-1987                       Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California

 

1984-1989                       Associate Director, General Clinical Research Center, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California

 

1987-1998                       Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California

                                                                                                                             

1989-2004                      Director, General Clinical Research Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

                                                                                                                             

1988-Present                  Professor and Head, Division of Experimental Pathology, Dept of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

 

Review Committees and Advisory Boards:

-Pathology B Study Section and Reviewers' Reserve, National Institutes of Health, 1988-1992

-Scientific Review Board, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, 1990-91

-Hepatitis Panel, US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, 1992-1998

-Hepadnaviridae Study Group, International Committee and Taxonomy of Viruses, 1994-present

-Scientific Advisory Board, Liver Research Ctr., Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, 1995-2001

-Nominating Committee, American Society for Investigative Pathology, 1999-2002

-Distinguished Advisory Committee, UCSD Cancer Center, 2000-present

-Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Genetics and Genomics, Brown University, 2000-2002

-Review Panel, Int'l Research Scholars Program, Howard Hughes Med. Inst., 2000-present

-Scientific Advisory Board, Center for the Study of HCV, Rockefeller Univ., 2000-present

-Board of Scientific Councilors (ad hoc), NIAID, NIH, 2001

-Blue Ribbon Panel on Bioterrorism Research, NIAID, NIH, 2002

-Expert Panel on Immunity and Biodefense, NIAID, NIH, 2002

-Class IV Membership Committee, National Academy of Sciences, 2004-present

- Scientific Advisory Board, Northeast Biodefense Center,  2004-present

 

Editorial Boards (*current):

*Journal of Virology; *PLoS Pathogens; *Virology; *Journal of Clinical Investigation; *Microbial Pathogenesis; Journal of Immunology; American Journal of Pathology; Viral Immunology; Hepatology; Journal of Experimental Pathology


Professional Societies:

American Society for Virology, American Association of Immunologists, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Molecular Medicine Society.

Honors and Awards:

               Research Career Development Award, NIH, 1976-1981.

               Elected Member, Association of University Pathologists, 1978

               Fogarty Senior International Fellowship, NIH, 1983-1984.

               Foreign Scholar, Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale, Paris, France, 1984.

               MERIT Award, NIH, 1990-2000.

               Elected Member, Association of American Physicians, 1992.

               Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996.

               Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine, Jung-Stiftung fŸr Wissenschaft und Forschung, Hamburg 1997.

               First Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, American Liver Foundation, 1997.

Rous-Whipple Award, American Society for Investigative Pathology, 1999.

Distinguished Achievement Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases,1999.

Elected Member, The Henry Kunkel Society, 1999.

               Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2002.

Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002.

Elected Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2003.

Distinguished Alumnus, Weill-Cornell University Medical College, 2004

Named Lectureships:

               Peter Ciano Memorial Lecture, Harvard Medical School, 1992.

               Henry Moon Memorial Lecture, University of California San Francisco, April 1992.

               Sheila Sherlock Lecture in Liver Biology and Disease, University of Toronto, 1992.

               Maud L. Menten Lecture in Experimental Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, 1996.

               Karl F. Meyer Lectureship in Microbiology, University of California San Francisco, 1997.

               Shipley Symposium Lectureship in Microbial Pathogenesis, Harvard Medical School, 1997.

Bertram-Marx Lectureship in Microbiology, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, 1998.

Distinguished Lecturer in Medical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, 1999.

Bruce Witte Distinguished Lecturer, Hepatitis B Foundation, Thomas Jefferson Univ., 2002.

Stowell Lecturer, University of California, Davis, 2002

Dean's Distinguished Lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver, 2003.

Joseph J. Kinyoun Lecturer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2004

NIH DirectorÕs Lecturer, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 2005

S. Edward Sulkin Visiting Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 2005

Lamb Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2005

U.S. Patents

               U.S. Patent 4,599,230; 4,599,231 (7/8/86)

               Synthetic hepatitis B virus vaccine including both T cell and B cell determinants.

                      

                                             U.S. Patent 4,683,136  (7/28/87)

               Proteinaceous antigens with conformation dependent determinants.

 

               U.S. Patent 5,709,995 (1/20/98)

               Hepatitis C virus-derived peptides capable of inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses.

 

U.S. Patent 5,780,036 (7/14/98)

Peptides for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to hepatitis B virus.

 

U.S. Patent 5,788,969 (8/4/98)

Peptides for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to hepatitis B virus.

 

U.S. Patent 5,840,303 (11/24/98)

Peptides for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to hepatitis B virus.

 

U.S. Patent 5,932,224 (8/3/99)

Peptides for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to hepatitis B virus.

 

U.S. Patent  6,235,288 (5/22/01)

Peptides for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to hepatitis B virus.

 

U.S. Patent 6,607,727 (8/19/03)

Peptides for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to hepatitis B virus.

 

 

Current* and Past Consultantships and Scientific Advisory Board Memberships

 

*Epimmune, San Diego, CA

*Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA

*Nucleonics, Inc., Horsham, PA

*Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Costa Mesa, CA

Avant Immunotherapeutics, Needham, MA

Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Bridgewater, NJ

Centocor Inc., Malvern, PA

Cytel Inc., La Jolla, CA

DNX Inc., Princeton, NJ

Genencor International, Palo Alto, CA

Genentech, South San Francisco, CA

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA

Pfizer/Agouron, San Diego, CA

SmithKline Beecham, King of Prussia, PA

Targeted Genetics, Seattle, WA

Zycos Inc,  Lexington,  MA


 

 

BOOKS

 

1.            The Consumer's Guide to Health Care. F.V. Chisari, R.M. Nakamura, L. Thorup, eds. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, MA, 1976.

 

2.           Advances in Hepatitis Research. Francis V. Chisari, Editor. Masson Publishing Co. Inc., New York, NY, 1984.

 

3.           Transgenic Models of Human Viral and Immunological Disease. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology.  F.V. Chisari and M.B.A. Oldstone, eds. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 1995.

 

4.           The Liver:  Biology and Pathobiology, 4th Edition.  I.M. Arias, J. Boyer, F.V. Chisari, N. Fausto, D. Schachter  and D. Shafritz, eds.  Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2001.

 

 

 

PAPERS

 

1.           Grossman, H., Winchester, P.H., and Chisari, F.V. Roentgenographic classification of renal cystic disease. J. Immunol. 104:319-331, 1968.

 

2.           Deal, D.R., Gerber, P., and Chisari, F.V. Heterotransplantation of two human lymphoid cell lines transformed in vitro by Epstein-Barr virus. J. Nat'l. Cancer Inst. 47:771-780, 1971.

 

3.           Northrup, R.S., and Chisari, F.V. Response of monkeys to immunization with cholera toxoid, toxin, and vaccine: reversion of cholera toxoid. J. Infect. Dis. 125:471-479, 1972.

 

4.           Northrup, R.S., and Chisari, F.V. Cholera toxoid reactions in human volunteers: clinical and histological studies. Prog. Immunol. Stand. 5:355-364,1972.

 

5.           Chisari, F.V., Hochstein, H.D., Kirschstein, R.L., and Seligmann, E.B. Parathyroid necrosis and hypocalcemic tetany induced in rabbits by L-asparaginase. Am. J. Pathol. 68:461-468, 1972.

 

6.           Barker, L.F., Chisari, F.V., McGrath, P.P., Dalgard, D.W., Kirschstein, R.L., Almeida, J.D., Edgington, T.S., Sharp, D.G., and Peterson, M.R. Transmission of type B viral hepatitis to chimpanzees.  J. Infect. Dis. 127 :648-662, 1973.

 

7.           Friedlander, M.H., Chisari, F.V., and Baer, H. The role of the inflammatory response of skin and lymph nodes in the induction of sensitization to simple chemicals. J. Immunol. 111:164-170, 1973.

 

8.           Chisari, F.V., Gerin, J.L., and Edgington, T.S. Immunochemistry of the hepatitis B virus: 125I HBsAg ligand. J. Immunol. 113:543-553, 1974.

 

9.           Chisari, F.V., Northrup, R.S., and Chen, L.C. The modulating effect of cholera enterotoxin on the immune response. J. Immunol. 113:729-739, 1974.

 

10.         Chisari, F.V. and Northrup, R.S. Pathophysiologic effects of lethal and immunoregulatory doses of cholera enterotoxin in the mouse. J. Immunol. 113:740-749, 1974.

 

11.         Chisari, F.V., and Edgington, T.S. Human T lymphocyte E rosette function. I. A process modulated by intracellular cyclic AMP. J. Exp. Med. 140:1122-1126, 1974.

 

12.         Nakamura, R.M., Chisari, F.V., and Edgington, T.S. Laboratory tests for diagnosis of autoimmune diseases. Prog. Clin. Pathol. 6:177-203, 1975.

 

13.         Edgington, T.S., and Chisari, F.V. Immunological aspects of hepatitis B virus infection. Am. J. Med. Sci. 270:212-227, 1975.

 

14.         Chisari, F.V., and Edgington, T.S. Lymphocyte E rosette inhibitory factor: A regulatory serum lipoprotein. J. Exp. Med. 142:1092-1107, 1975.

 

15.         Chisari, F.V., Routenberg, J.A., and Edgington, T.S. Mechanisms responsible for defective human T-lymphocyte sheep erythrocyte rosette function associated with hepatitis B virus infections. J. Clin. Invest. 57:1227-1238, 1976.

 

16.         Edgington, T.S., Chisari, F.V., and Curtiss, L.K. Regulation of lymphocyte function in HBV infection. In: Immunopathology: VII International Symposium, Lindau, West Germany, Miescher, P. (Eds.). Schwabe and Co., Stuttgart, pp. 173-190, 1977.

 

17.         Chisari, F.V., Routenberg, J.A., Fiala, M., and Edgington, T.S. Extrinsic modulation of human T-lymphocyte E rosette function associated with prolonged hepatocellular injury after viral hepatitis. J. Clin. Invest. 59:134-142, 1977.

 

18.         Chisari, F.V., Gealy, W.J., and Edgington, T.S. Recovery of soluble sheep erythrocyte receptor from the T lymphocyte surface by proteolytic cleavage. J. Immunol. 118:1138-1142, 1977.

 

19.         Chisari, F.V. Immunoregulatory properties of human plasma very low density lipoproteins. J. Immunol. 119:2129-2136, 1977.

 

20.        Edgington, T.S., and Chisari, F.V. Immune responses to hepatitis B virus coded and induced antigens in chronic active hepatitis. In Immune Reactions in Liver Disease. Eddleston, A., and Williams, R., eds. Pitman Medical, England, pp. 44-60, 1979.

 

21.         Chisari, F.V., Edgington, T.S., Routenberg, J.A., and Anderson, D.S. Cellular immune reactivity in hepatitis B virus-induced liver disease. In: Viral Hepatitis. Vyas, G.N., Cohen, H.N., and Schmid, R. (Eds.). Franklin Institute Press, Philadelphia, 1978.

 

22.        Chisari, F.V., and Edgington, T.S. An integrating immunoregulatory hypothesis for the immunopathogenesis of liver disease associated with hepatitis B virus infection. In: Persistent Viruses, Volume XI. Stevens, J., Todaro, G.J., and Fox, C.F. (Eds.). Academic Press, New York, pp. 499-520, 1978.

 

23.        Chisari, F.V. Regulation of human lymphocyte function by a soluble extract from normal human liver. J. Immunol. 121:1279-1286, 1978.

 

24.        Knecht, G.L., and Chisari, F.V. Reversibility of hepatitis B virus-induced glomerulonephritis and chronic active hepatitis after spontaneous clearance of serum hepatitis B surface antigen. Gastroenterology 75:1152-1156, 1978.

 

25.        Chisari, F.V. Immunoflourescent analysis of tissue and serum for hepatitis B virus markers. In: Immunoassays in the Clinical Laboratory. Nakamura, R.M., Dito, W.R., and Tucker III, E.S. (Eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp. 173-183,1979.

 

26.        Routenberg, J.A., Dienstag, J.L., Harrison, W.O., Kilpatrick, M.E., Hooper, R.R., Chisari, F.V., Purcell, R.H., and Fornes, M.F. Foodborne outbreak of hepatitis A: Clinical and laboratory features of acute and protracted illness. Am J. Med. Sci. 278:123-137, 1979.

 

27.        Mohagheghpour, N., Parhami, B., Dowlatshahi, K., Kadjehnourii, D., Elder, J.H., and Chisari, F.V. Immunoregulatory properties of human esophageal tumor extract. J. Immunol. 122:1350-1358, 1979.

 

28.        Chisari, F.V. Immunoregulatory lipoproteins, viral hepatitis and cancer. In: Atherosclerosis. Gotto, A.M., Smith, L.C., and Allen, B. (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 340-347, 1979.

 

29.         Chisari, F.V. Liver-specific protein in perspective. Gastroenterology 78:168-170, 1980.

 

30.        Chisari, F.V., Modulation of the in vivo immune response by human plasma very low-density lipoproteins. Cell Immunol. 52:223-253, 1980.

 

31.         Chisari, F.V., Cellular immunoassays: Investigative tools in clinical research. In: Clinical Laboratory Techniques for the 1980's. Nakamura, R.M. (Ed.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY, pp. 235-253, 1980.

 

32.        Michelson, J.B., Michelson, P.E., and Chisari, F.V. Subretinal neovascular membrane and disciform scar in Behcet's disease. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 90:182-185, 1980.

 

33.        Chisari, F.V., Castle, K.L., Xavier, C. and Anderson, D.S. Functional properties of lymphocyte subpopulations in hepatitis B virus infection. I. Suppressor cell control of T lymphocyte responsiveness. J. Immunol. 126:38-44, 1981.

 

34.        Chisari, F.V., Bieber, M.S., Josepho, C.A., Xavier, C., and Anderson, D.S. Functional properties of lymphocyte subpopulations in hepatitis B virus infection. II. Cytotoxic effector cell killing of targets that naturally express hepatitis B surface antigen and liver-specific lipoprotein. J. Immunol. 126:45-49, 1981.

 

35.        Michelson, J.B., Michelson, P.E., Bordin, G.M., and Chisari, F.V. Ocular reticulum cell sarcoma. Presentation as retinal detachment with demonstration of monoclonal immuno-globulin light chains on the vitreous cells. Arch. Ophthalmol. 99:1409-1411, 1981.

 

36.        Levy, G.A. and Chisari, F.V. The immunopathogenesis of chronic HBV induced liver disease. Springer Seminar Immunopathol. 3:439-459, 1981.

 

37.        Levy, G.A. and Chisari, F.V. A proposed role for the immune system in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus induced liver disease. CRC Crit. Rev. Clin. Lab. Sci. 15:335-353, 1981.

 

38.        Levy, G.A. and Chisari, F.V. Cellular and molecular interactions responsible for hepatocellular injury in viral hepatitis. In: Recent Progress in Clinical Laboratory Immunology. Nakamura, R.M. (Ed.). Masson Publishing Company, New York, pp. 115-128, 1981.

 

39.        Chisari, F.V., Curtiss, L.K., and Jensen, F.C., Physiologic concentrations of normal human plasma lipoproteins inhibit the immortalization of peripheral B lymphocytes by the Epstein-Barr virus. J. Clin. Invest. 68:329-336, 1981.

 

40.        Chisari, F.V. and Curtiss, L.K. Modulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cell cyclic adenosine monophosphate levels by human very low density lipoproteins. Cell Immunol. 65:325-336, 1981.

 

41.         Michelson, J.B. and Chisari, F.V. Behcet's disease. Surv. Ophthalmol. 26:190-203, 1982.

 

42.        Chisari, F.V. and Nowoslawski, A. Immunology and pathogenesis of viral hepatitis. In: Proc. of 3rd Internatl. Symp. on Viral Hepatitis. The Franklin Institute Press, Philadelphia, pp. 779-783, 1982.

 

43.        Pizzo, C., Lee, D., and Chisari, F.V. Suppression of lymphocyte activation by a protein released from isolated perfused rat liver. Hepatology 2:295-303, 1982.

 

44.        Sobol, R.E., Astarita, R.W., Chisari, F.V., Griffiths, J.C. and Royston, I. Use of immuno-globulin light chain analysis to detect bone marrow involvement in B-cell neoplasms. Clin. Immunol. Immunopathol. 24:139-144, 1982.

 

45.        Chisari, F.V. Regulation of lymphocyte function and viral transformation by hepatic bioregulatory molecules. Hepatology 2:97S-106S, 1982.

 

46.        Milich, D.R. and Chisari, F.V. Genetic regulation of the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). I. H-2 restriction.  J. Immunol. 129:320-325, 1982.

 

47.        Huddlestone, J. and Chisari, F.V. Function of lymphocytes and plasma cells in immunity. In: Hematology. Williams, W.J., Beutler, E., Erslev, A.J., and Lichtman, M.A. (Eds.). McGraw Hill, New York, pp. 915-922, 1983.

 

48.        Nichols, W.S., and Chisari, F.V. Structure and function of the lymphoreticular system. In: Hematology. Williams, W.J., Beutler, E., Erslev, A.J., and Lichtman, M.A. (Eds.). McGraw Hill, New York, 1983.

 

49.        Parks, D.E., and Chisari, F.V. Production and distribution of lymphocytes and plasma cells. In: Hematology. Williams, W.J., Beutler, E., Erslev, A.J., and Lichtman, M.A. (Eds.). McGraw Hill, New York, 1983.

 

50.        Milich, D.R., Leroux-Roels, G.G., and Chisari, F.V. Genetic regulation of the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). II. Qualitative characteristics of the humoral immune response to the a, d, and y determinants of HBsAg. J. Immunol. 130:1395-1400, 1983.

 

51.         Milich, D.R., Alexander, H., and Chisari, F.V. Genetic regulation of the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). III. Circumvention of nonresponsiveness in mice bearing HBsAg nonresponder haplotypes. J. Immunol. 130:1401-1407, 1983.

 

52.        Leroux-Roels, G.G., Milich, D.R., and Chisari, F.V. Suppression of the acute graft-versus-host reactin in mice by in vitro or in vivo allosensitization in the presence of cyclosporin A. In: Intercellular Communications in Leucocyte Function. Wiley, J.W., and O'Brien, R.L. (Eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp. 627-630, 1983.

 

53.        Chisari, F.V., Hepatic immunoregulatory molecules and the pathogenesis of hepatocellular injury in viral hepatitis. In: Advances in Hepatitis Research. Chisari, F.V., (Ed.). Masson Publishing Company, New York, pp. 168-178, 1984.

 

54.        Milich, D.R. and Chisari, F.V. Immunogenetics and cellular correlates of the immune response to HBsAg determinants. In: Advances in Hepatitis Research. Chisari, F.V. (Ed.). Masson Publishing Company, New York, pp. 91-109, 1984.

 

55.        Molden, D.P. and Chisari, F.V. Immunologic diagnosis of hepatitis virus infection. College  of American Pathologists Conference on Immunology, Steamboat, CO, August 1983. In: Diagnostic Immunology Technology Assessment and Quality Assurance. Rippey, J.H. and Nakamura, R.M. (Eds.). College of American Pathologists, Publishers, Skokie, IL, p. 229, 1984.

 

56.        Chisari, F.V., Milich, D.R. and Tiollais, P. Hepatitis B virus infection: a model for immunologically mediated hepatocellular injury. In: Mechanisms of Hepatocyte Injury and Death. Keppler, D., Reutter, W. and Bianchi, L. (Eds.) MTP Press Limited, Lancaster, PA, p. 293, 1984.

 

57.        Kasahara, Y., Leroux-Roels, G.G., Nakamura, R. and Chisari, F.V. Glycylprolyldiamino-peptidase in human leukocytes: selective occurrence in T lymphocytes and influence on the total serum enzyme activity. Clin. Chim. Acta. 139:295-302, 1984.

 

58.        Milich, D.R., Peterson, D.L. and Chisari, F.V. Comparisons of T cell and B cell immune recognition of HBsAg. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis. Vyas, G.N., Dienstag, and Hoofnagle, J. (Eds.). Grune & Stratton, Inc., Orlando, FL, pp. 573-582, 1984.

 

59.        Milich, D.R., Leroux-Roels, G.G., Louie, R.E., and Chisari, F.V. Genetic regulation of the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). IV. Distinct H-2-linked genes control antibody responses to different HBsAg determinants on the same molecule and map to the I-A and I-C subregions. J. Exp. Med. 159:41-56, 1984.

 

60.        Michelson, J.B., Chisari, F.V., and Kansu, T. Antibodies to oral mucosa in patients with ocular Behcet's disease. Amer. J. Ophthalmol. 92:1277-1281, 1985.

 

61.         Milich, D.R., Louie, R.E. and Chisari, F.V. Genetic regulation of the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) V. T cell proliferative response and cellular interactions.  J. Immunol. 134:4194-4202, 1985.

 

62.        Milich, D.R., Peterson, D.L., Leroux-Roels, G.G., Lerner, R.A., and Chisari, F.V. Genetic regulation of the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). VI. T cell fine specificity. J. Immunol. 134:4203-4211, 1985.

 

63.        Milich, D.R., Thornton, G.B., Neurath, A., Kent, S., Michel, M., Tiollais, P., and Chisari, F.V. Enhanced immunogenicity of the pre-S region of hepatitis B surface antigen. Science 228:1195, 1985.

 

64.        Chisari, F.V., Nakamura, M., Milich, D.R., Han, K., Molden, D., and Leroux-Roels, G.G. Production of two distinct and independent hepatic immunoregulatory molecules by the perfused rat liver. Hepatology 5:735-743,1985.

 

65.        Chisari, F.V., Pinkert, C.A., Milich, D.R., Filippi, P., McLachlan, A., Palmiter, R.D., and Brinster, R.L. A transgenic mouse model of the chronic hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state. Science 230:1157-1160, 1985.

 

66.        Milich, D.R., McNamara, M., McLachlan, A., Thornton, G., and Chisari, F.V. Distinct H-2-linked regulation of T cell responses to the pre-S and S regions of the same HBsAg polypeptide allows circumvention of the S region nonresponsiveness. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 82:8168-8172, 1985.

 

67.        Michel, M.-L., Milich, D.R., Chisari, F.V., and Tiollais, P. Synthesis in CHO cells of hepatitis B surface antigen particles containing synthetic pre-S(2) region expression product. In: Vaccines '86. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, pp.359-363, 1986.

 

68.        Milich, D.R., Thornton, G.B., McLachlan, A., McNamara, M., and Chisari, F.V. T and B cell recognition of native and synthetic pre-S(2) region determinants on HBsAg. In: Vaccines '86. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, pp. 377-382, 1986.

 

              

69.        Milich, D.R., McLachlan, A., Chisari, F.V., Kent, S.B.H., and Thornton, G.B. Immune response to the pre-S(l) region of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg): A pre-S(l)-specific T cell response can bypass nonresponsiveness to the pre-S(2) and S regions of the HBsAg. J. Immunol. 137:315-322, 1986

 

70.        Milich, D.R., McLachlan, A., Chisari, F.V., and Thornton, G.B. Nonoverlapping T and B cell determinants on an hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) pre-S(2) region synthetic peptide. J. Exp. Med. 164(2):532-547,1986.

 

71.         Milich, D.R., McLachlan, A., Chisari, F.V., Nakamura, T., and Thornton, G.B. Two distinct but overlapping antibody binding sites in the pre-S(2) region of HBsAg localized within 11 continuous residues. J. Immunol. 137:2703-2710, 1986.

 

72.        Chisari, F.V., Filippi, P., McLachlan, A., Milich, D.R., Riggs, M., Lee, S., Palmiter, R.D., Pinkert, C.A., and Brinster, R.L. Expression of hepatitis B virus large envelope polypeptide inhibits hepatitis B surface antigen secretion in transgenic mice. J. Virol. 60:880-887, 1986.

 

73.        Ferrari, C., Penna, A., Sansoni, P., Giuberti, T., Neri, T.M., Chisari, F.V., and Fiaccadori, F. Selective sensitization of peripheral blood T Iymphocytes to hepatitis B core antigen in patients with chronic active hepatitis type B. Clin. Exp. Immunol. 67:497-506, 1986.

 

74.         Chisari, F.V., Pinkert, C.A., Milich, D.R., McLachlan, A., Filippi, P., Palmiter, R., and Brinster, R. Hepatitis B virus gene expression in transgenic mice. In: Viruses and Human Cancer, UCLA Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1986 New Series, Volume 43. Gallo, R.C., Haseltine, G.K. and zur Hausen, H. (Eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY, pp. 493-507, 1987.

 

75.        McLachlan, A., Milich, D.R., Raney, A.K., Riggs, M.G., Hughes, J.L., Sorge, J., and Chisari, F.V. Expression of hepatitis B virus surface and core antigen: Influences of pre-S and precore sequences. J. Virol. 61:683-692, 1987.

 

76.        Leffert, H.L., Koch, K.S., Shapiro, P., Skelley, H., Hubert, J., Monken, C., Lad, P.J., SalaTrepat, J., and Chisari, F.V. Primary cultures, monoclonal antibodies and nucleic acid probes as tools for studies of hepatic structure and function. In: Cirrhosis of the Liver, Methods, and Fields of Research. Tygstrup, N., and Orlandi, F. (Eds.). pp. 121-140, 1987.

 

77.        Ferrari, C., Mondelli, M.U., Penna, A., Fiaccadori, F., and Chisari, F.V. Functional characterization of cloned intrahepatic, hepatitis B virus nucleoprotein-specific helper T cell lines. J. Immunol. 139:539-544, 1987.

 

78.        Ferrari, C., Penna, A., Giuberti, T., Tong, M.J., Ribera, E., Fiaccadori, F., and Chisari, F.V. Intrahepatic, nucleocapsid antigen-specific T cells in chronic active hepatitis B. J. Immunol. 139:2050-2058, 1987.

 

79.        Chang, F.S., Chisari, F.V., and Lee, S. Allogeneic heart-lung transplantation in mice. Microsurgery 8:57-62, 1987.

 

80.        Chisari, F.V., Filippi, P., Buras, J., McLachlan, A., Popper, H., Pinkert, C.A., Palmiter, R.D., and Brinster, R.L. Structural and pathological effects of synthesis of hepatitis B virus large envelope polypeptide in transgenic mice. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 84:6909-6913, 1987.

 

81.         Ferrari, C., Fiaccadori, F., and Chisari, F.V. Molecular biology and pathogenesis of hepatitis B. Ital. J. Gastroenterol. 19:224-230, 1987.

 

82.        Koziol, J.A., Ferrari, C., and Chisari, F.V. Evaluation of monoclonality of cell lines from sequential dilution assays.  J. Immunol. Methods 105:139-143, 1987.

 

83.        Thornton, G.B., Milich, D.R., Chisari, F.V., Mitamura, K., Kent, S.B., Neurath, R., Purcell, R., and Gerin, J. Immune response in primates to the pre-S(2) region of hepatitis B surface antigen: Identification of a protective determinant. In: Vaccines '87. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, pp. 77-80, 1987.

 

84.        Raney, A.K., Milich, D.R., Hughes, J.L., Sorge, J., Chisari, F.V., and McLachlan, A. Expression of hepatitis B core and e antigens using recombinant amphotropic retroviral vectors. In: Hepadna Viruses, UCLA Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Volume 70, Robinson, W., Koike, K., and Will, H. (Eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY pp. 253-264, 1987.

 

85.        Buras, J., Filippi, P., McLachlan, A., Pinkert, C.A., Palmiter, R.D., Brinster, R.L., and Chisari, F.V.  Suppression of HBsAg secretion and induction of an HBsAg filament storage disease by overproduction of the hepatitis B virus large envelope polypeptide in transgenic mice. In: Hepadna Viruses, UCLA Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Volume 70. Robinson, W., Koike, K. and Will, H. (Eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY, pp. 387-395, 1987.

 

86.        Michelson, J.B. and Chisari, F.V. Antibodies to oral mucosa in patients with ocular Behcet's disease. ACTA XXV Concilium Ophthalmologicum. Kogler Ghedini, Amsterdam, pp. 1712-1717, 1987.

 

87.         Raney, A.K., Milich, D.R., Hughes, J.L., Sorge, J., Chisari, F.V., and McLachlan, A.  Retroviral-mediated transfer of hepatitis B surface antigen expression.  In:  Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, 1987 International Symposium, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY,  pp. 31-39, 1988.

 

88.        Ferrari, C., Penna, A., Mondelli, M., Fiaccadori, F., and Chisari, F.V. Intrahepatic HBsAg specific regulatory T cell networks in chronic active hepatitis B. In:  Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, 1987 International Symposium, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY,  pp. 641-644, 1988.

 

89.        Filippi, P., Buras, J., McLachlan, A., Popper, H., Pinkert, C.A., Palmiter, R.D., Brinster, R.L., and Chisari, F.V. Overproduction of hepatitis B virus large envelope polypeptide causes filament storage, ground glass cell formation, hepatocellular injury and nodular hyperplasia in transgenic mice. In: Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, 1987 International Symposium, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY, pp. 632-640, 1988.

 

90.        Lee, S., Scott, M.H., Yancey, D., Allen, J., Chang, E.S., Chisari, F.V., and Moossa, A.R. Long term studies of pancreas allotransplantation in experimental diabetes mellitus. Microsurgery 9:217- 221, 1988.

 

91.         Ferrari, C., Chisari, F.V., Ribera, E., Penna, A., and Mondelli, M.U. Functional modulation of hepatitis B virus core antigen-specific T lymphocytes by an autoreactive T cell clone. J. Immunol. 141:1155-1160, 1988.

 

92.         Chisari, F.V. New model systems for hepatitis B virus research. Lab Invest. 59:155, 1988.

 

93.        Fiaccadori, F., Mondelli, M.U., Penna, A., Chisari, F.V., Ferrari, C. Isolation and functional characterization of circulating HBsAg-specific and autoreactive T cell clones in chronic active hepatitis B. In: Pathophysiology of the Liver, Gentilini, P., and Dianzani, M.U. Eds.). Excerpta Medica, pp. 109-117, 1988.

 

94.        Raney, A.K., Milich, D.R., Hughes, J.L., Sorge, J., Chisari, F.V., Mondelli, M.U., and McLachlan, A. Retroviral-mediated transfer and expression of hepatitis B e antigen in human skin fibroblasts and B lymphocytes. Virology 168:31-39, 1989.

 

95.        Chisari, F.V. Analysis of hepatitis B virus gene expression in transgenic mice. In: Concepts in Viral Pathogenesis, III. Notkins, AL. and Oldstone, M.B.A. (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, pp. 164-170, 1989.

 

96.        Chisari, F.V. The hepatitis B virus large envelope polypeptide can cause liver cell injury and multifocal nodular hyperplasia in transgenic mice. In: Proceedings of 1988 Falk Symposium on Liver Cell Carcinoma. Keppler, D. (Ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 165-168, 1989.

 

97.        Chisari, F.V., Klopchin, K., Moriyama, T., Pasquinelli, C., Dunsford, H., Sell, S., Pinkert, C.A., Brinster, R.L., and Palmiter, R.D. Molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. Cell 59:1145-1156, 1989.

 

98.        Chisari, F.V., Hepatitis B virus gene expression in transgenic mice. Mol. Biol. Med. 6:143-149, 1989.

 

99.        Chisari, F.V., Ferrari, C., and Mondelli, M.U. Hepatitis B virus structure and biology. Microbial Pathogenesis 6:311-325, 1989.

 

100.      Mondelli, M.U., Parks, D.E., and Chisari, F.V. Production and distribution of lymphocytes and plasma cells. In: Hematology, Williams, W.J., Beutler, E., Erslev, A.J., and Lichtman, M.A. (Eds.). McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, pp. 945-950, 1989.

 

101.      Nichols, W.S. and Chisari, F.V. Structure and function of the lymphoid tissues. In: Hematology. Williams, W.J., Beutler, E., Erslev, A.J., and Lichtman, M.A. (Eds.). McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, pp. 48-54, 1989.

 

102.      Mondelli, M.U. and Chisari, F.V. Approaches to the immunobiology and pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus infection in man. In: Immunopathology of Liver Disease. Thomas, H.C. (Ed.).  Springer-Verlag, 1990.

 

103.      Ferrari, C., Penna, A., Cavalli, A., Bertoletti, A., Giuberti, T., Degli Antoni, A., Valli, A., Chisari, F.V., and Fiaccadori, F. Functional study of intrahepatic T cells during chronic hepatitis B virus infection. In: Systematic and Quantitative Hepatology: Pathophysiological and Methodological Aspects. Molin, G.P. (Ed.). Masson, Milan, Italy, pp. 251-258, 1990.

 

104.      Moriyama, T., Guilhot, S., Klopchin, K., Moss, B., Pinkert, C.A., Palmiter, R.D., Brinster, R.L., Kanagawa, O., and Chisari, F.V. Immunobiology and pathogenesis of hepatocellular injury in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. Science 248:361-364, 1990.

 

105.      Dunsford, H.A., Sell, S., and Chisari, F.V. Hepatocarcinogenesis due to chronic liver cell injury in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. Cancer Research 50:3400-3407, 1990.

 

106.      Mondelli, M.U., Chisari, F.V., and Ferrari, C. The cellular immune response to nucleocapsid antigens in hepatitis B virus infection. Springer Semin. Immunopathol. 12:25-31, 1990.

 

107.      Mondelli, M.U., Baldick, J., McLachlan, A., Chisari, F.V., and Moss, B. Expression of HBV envelope and nucleocapsid proteins in human cells using vaccinia virus vectors. Ital. J. Gastroenterol. 22:115-117, 1990.

 

 

108.      Teeter, L.D., Becker, F.F., Chisari, F.V., Li, D., and Kuo, M.T. Overexpression of the multidrug resistance gene mdr3 in spontaneous and chemically induced mouse hepatocellular carcinomas. Mol. Cell. Biol. 10:5728-5735, 1990.

 

109.      Furmanski, P., Chisari, F.V., Pellicer, A., Fausto, N., and Padarathsingh, M. Molecular genetic approaches to the analysis of malignant transformation. Cancer Res. 50: 3805-3806, 1990.

 

110.      Chisari, F.V. Analysis of hepadnavirus gene expression, biology and pathogenesis in the transgenic mouse. Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 168:85-101, 1991.

 

111.       Sell, S., Hunt, J.M., Dunsford, H.A., and Chisari, F.V. Synergy between hepatitis B virus expression and chemical hepatocarcinogens in transgenic mice. Cancer Res. 51:1278-1285, 1991.

 

112.      Moriyama, T., Guilhot, S., Moss, B., Pinkert, C.A., Palmiter, R.D., Brinster, R.L., Klopchin, K., Kanagawa, 0., and Chisari, F.V. Hepatitis B surface antigen-specific antibody and T cell-mediated hepatocellular injury in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. In: Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease. Hollinger, F. B., Lemon, S.M., and Margolis, H.S. (Eds.). Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, pp. 282-288, 1991.

 

113.      Ferrari, C., Bertoletti, A., Penna, A., Cavalli, A., Valli, A., Missale, G., Pilli, M., Fowler, P., Giuberti, T., Chisari, F.V., and Fiaccadori, F. Identification of immunodominant T cell epitopes of the hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid antigen. J. Clin. Invest. 88:214-222, 1991.

 

114.      Peters, M., Vierling, J., Gershwin, M.E., Milich, D., Chisari, F.V., and Hoofnagle, J.H. Immunology and the liver. Hepatology 13:977-994, 1991.

 

115.      Chisari, F.V. Multistage hepatocarcinogenesis in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. In: Origins of Human Cancer: A Comprehensive Review. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York, pp. 727-738, 1991.

              

116.      Bertoletti, A., Ferrari, C., Fiaccadori, F., Penna, A., Margolskee, R., Schlicht, H.J., Fowler, P., Guilhot, S., and Chisari, F.V. HLA class I restricted human cytotoxic T cells recognize endogenously synthesized hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid antigen. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 88:10445-10449, 1991.

 

117.      Penna, A., Chisari, F.V., Bertoletti, A., Missale, G., Fowler, P., Giuberti, T., Fiaccadori, F., and Ferrari, C. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize an HLA-A2 restricted epitope within the hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid antigen. J. Exp. Med. 174:1565-1570, 1991.

 

118.      Penna, A., Fowler, P., Bertoletti, A., Moss, B., Guilhot, S., Margolskee, M., Cavalli, T., Valli, A., Fiaccadori, F., Chisari, F.V., and Ferrari, C. Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) response in humans: Characterization of HLA class II-restricted CTLs that recognize endogenously synthesized HBV envelope antigens. J. Virol. 66:1193-1198, 1992.

 

119.      Chisari, F.V. Hepatitis B virus biology and pathogenesis. In: Molecular Genetic Medicine, Vol. 2. Friedmann, T. (Ed.). Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 67-104, 1992.

 

120.      Guilhot, S., Fowler, P., Portillo, G., Margolskee, R.F., Ferrari, C., Bertoletti, A., and Chisari, F.V. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) specific cytolytic T cell response in humans: Production of target cells by stable expression of HBV-encoded proteins in immortalized human B cell lines. J. Virol. 66:2670-2678, 1992.

 

121.      Pasquinelli, C., Bhavani, K., and Chisari, F.V. Multiple oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes are structurally and functionally intact during hepatocarcinogenesis in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice.  Cancer Res. 52:2823-2829, 1992.

 

122.      Schirmacher, P., Held, W.A., Chisari, F.V., Yang, D., and Rogler, C.E.  Reactivation of insulin-like growth factor II during hepatocarcinogenesis in transgenic mice suggests a role in malignant growth.  Cancer Res. 52:2549-2556, 1992.

 

123.      Kuo, M.T., Zou, J.-Y., Teeter, L.D., Ikeguchi, M., and Chisari, F.V.  Activation of multidrug resistance (P-glycoprotein) mdr3/mdr1a gene during the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice.  Cell Growth and Differentiation 3:531-540, 1992.

 

124.      Gilles, P.N., Fey, G., and Chisari, F.V. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha negatively regulates hepatitis B virus gene expression in transgenic mice. J. Virol. 66:3955-3960, 1992.

 

125.      Gilles, P.N., Guerrette, D.L., Ulevitch, R.J., Schreiber, R.D., and Chisari, F.V. Hepatitis B surface antigen retention sensitizes the hepatocyte to injury by physiologic concentrations of gamma interferon. Hepatology 16:655-663, 1992.

 

126.      Rogler, C.E. and Chisari, F.V. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis.  In:  Seminars in Liver Disease. Shafritz, D. (Ed.). Thieme Medical Publishers, N.Y. 12:265-278, 1992.

 

127.      Missale, G., Redeker, A., Person, J., Fowler, P., Guilhot, S., Schlicht, H.J., Ferrari, C., and Chisari, F.V.  HLA-A31 & HLA-Aw68 restricted cytotoxic T cell responses to a single hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid epitope during acute viral hepatitis.  J. Exp. Med. 177:751-762, 1993.

 

128.      Bertoletti, A., Chisari, F.V., Penna, A., Guilhot, S., Galati, L., Missale, G., Fowler, P., Schlicht, H-J., Vitiello, A., Chesnut, R.C., Fiaccadori, F., and Ferrari, C.  Definition of a minimal optimal cytotoxic T cell epitope within the hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid protein. J. Virol.  67:2376-2380, 1993.

 

129.      Lee, S., Mao, L., Mazzoni, G., Gittes, R.F., Chung, D.Y., Brems, J., Takiff, H. and Chisari, F.V.  A technique for mouse-rat liver xenograft.  In:  Experimental Microsurgery Proceedings.  1st International Congress of the International Society for Experimental Microsurgery.  (Lee, S., Mazzoni, G., and Rodolico, G.  (Eds.)  Cianamid Italia Publishers,  pp. 112-119, 1993.

 

130.      Nayersina, R., Fowler, P., Guilhot, S., Missale, G., Cerny, A., Schlicht, H-J., Vitiello, A., Chesnut, R., Person, J.L., Redeker, A.G., and Chisari, F.V.  HLA A2 restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to multiple hepatitis B surface antigen epitopes during hepatitis B virus infection.  J. Immunol. 150:4659-4671, 1993.

 

131.       Chisari, F.V.  The role of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of acute viral hepatitis.  Gastroenterol. Jpn. 28:2-6, 1993.

 

132.      Missale, G., Brems, J.J., Takiff, H., Pockros, P.J., and Chisari, F.V.  Human leukocyte antigen class I-independent pathways may contribute to hepatitis B virus-induced liver disease after liver transplantation.  Hepatol. 18:491-496, 1993.

 

133.      Ferrari, C., Fiaccadori, F. and Chisari, F.V.  Cellular immune reactions to hepatitis B core antigen.   In:  Immunology and Liver.  Zum BŸschenfelde, L.-H, Hoofnagle, J., and Manns, M., (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 39-47, 1993.

 

134.      Ando, K., Moriyama, T., Guidotti, L.G., Wirth, S., Schreiber, R.D., Schlicht, H.J., Huang, S.,  and Chisari, F.V.  Mechanisms of class I restricted immunopathology.  A transgenic mouse model of fulminant hepatitis.  J. Exp. Med. 178:1541-1554, 1993.

 

135.      Guilhot, S., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V.  Interleukin-2 downregulates hepatitis B virus gene expression in transgenic mice by a post-transcriptional mechanism.  J. Virol. 67:7444-7449, 1993.

 

136.      Fiaccadori, F., Ferrari, C., and Chisari, F.V.  Role of the T cell response to hepatitis B virus (HBV) nucleocapsid antigen in the pathogenesis of HBV infection.  In: Liver Cirrhosis and Viral Hepatitis. Gentilini, P. and Dianzani,  M.U. (Eds.). Elsevier Science B.V., 1993.

 

137.      Michalak, T.I., Pasquinelli, C., Guilhot, S., and Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis B virus persistence after recovery from acute viral hepatitis.  J. Clin. Invest. 93:230-239, 1994.

 

138.      Guidotti, L.G., Guilhot, S., and Chisari, F.V.  Interleukin 2 and interferon alpha/beta down-regulate hepatitis B virus gene expression in vivo by tumor necrosis factor dependent and independent pathways.  J. Virol. 68:1265-1270, 1994.

 

139.      Ando, K., Guidotti, L.G., Wirth, S., Ishikawa, T., Missale, G., Moriyama, T., Schreiber, R.D., Schlicht, H.J., Huang, S.,  and Chisari, F.V.  Class I restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes are directly cytopathic for their target cells in vivo.  J. Immunol. 152:3245-3253, 1994.

 

140.      Guilhot, S., Huang, S., Xia, Y.P., LaMonica, N., Lai, M.M.C., and Chisari, F.V.  Expression of the hepatitis delta virus large and small antigens in transgenic mice. J. Virol. 68:1052-1058, 1994.

 

141.       Guidotti, L.G., Ando, K., Hobbs, M.V., Ishikawa, T., Runkel, L., Schreiber, R.D., and Chisari, F.V.  Cytotoxic T lymphocytes inhibit hepatitis B virus gene expression by a noncytolytic mechanism in transgenic mice. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci., USA 91:3764-3768, 1994.

 

142.      Bertoletti, A., Sette, A., Chisari, F.V., Penna, A., Levrero, M., De Carli, M., Fiaccadori F., and Ferrari, C.  Natural variants of cytotoxic epitopes are T cell receptor antagonists for antiviral cytotoxic T cells.  Nature 369:407-410, 1994.

 

143.      Ando, K., Guidotti, L.G., Cerny, A., Ishikawa, T., and Chisari, F.V.  CTL access to tissue antigen is restricted in vivo.   J. Immunol. 153:482-488, 1994.

 

144.      Cerny, A., Ferrari, C. and Chisari, F.V.  The class I restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to predetermined epitopes in the hepatitis B and C viruses.  In:  Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, Vol. 189. Oldstone, M.B.A. (Ed.).  Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg  pp. 169-186, 1994.

 

145.      Ferrari, C. and Chisari, F.V.  Immune mechanisms of cellular injury in viral hepatitis.  In: The Liver:  Biology and Pathobiology, 3rd Edition.  Arias, I.M., Boyer, J.L., Fausto, N., Jakoby, W.B., Schachter, D.,  and Shafritz, D.A. (Eds.).  Raven Press, New York, N.Y.  pp. 1413-1427, 1994.

 

146.      Fowler, P., Nayersina, R., Missale, G., Bertoletti, A., Penna, A., Ando, K., Cerny, A., Fiaccadori, F., Ferrari, C., and Chisari, F.V.  The role of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte response in hepatitis B virus immunobiology and pathogenesis.  In:  Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease.  Nishioka, K. Suzuki, H., Mishiro, S., and Oda, T. (Eds.). Springer-Verlag Tokyo. pp. 173-177, 1994.


 

147.      Cerny, A., McHutchison, J.G., Pasquinelli, C., Brothers, M.A., Fowler, P., Houghton, M., and Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis C virus specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes restricted by HLA-A2 are present in the peripheral blood of patients with chronic hepatitis C.   In:  Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease. Nishioka, K. Suzuki, H., Mishiro, S., and Oda, T. (Eds.). Springer-Verlag Tokyo. pp. 190-194, 1994.

 

148.      Guidotti, L.G., Martinez, V., Loh, Y.T., Rogler, C.E., and Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid particles do not cross the hepatocyte nuclear membrane in transgenic mice. J. Virology 68:5469-5475, 1994.

 

149.      Bertoletti, A., Costanzo, A., Chisari, F.V., Levrero, M., Artini, M., Sette, A., Penna, A., Giuberti, T., Fiaccadori, F., and Ferrari, C.  Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to a wild type hepatitis B virus epitope in patients chronically infected by variant viruses carrying substitutions within the epitope.  J. Exp. Med. 180:933-943, 1994.

 

150.      Tsuji, T. and Chisari, F.V.  Cellular immune responses to hepatitis viruses:  Summary of a Specialty Session. In: Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease. Nishioka, K., Suzuki, h., Mishiro, S., and Oda, T. (Eds.). Springer-Verlag Tokyo. pp. 153-154, 1994.

 

151.       Cerny, A. and Chisari, F.V. Immunological aspects of HCV infection.  In: Intervirology.  Recent Advances in the Study of Hepatitis C. Virus.  Hino, O. (Ed.). S. Karger, Basel  pp. 119-125, 1994.

 

152.      Chisari, F.V. The HLA class I restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to the hepatitis B virus in man and the transgenic mouse.  In: Proceedings of Viral Hepatitis.  The 20th Anniversary of Austria Symposium. Mushahwar, I.K. (Ed.). Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, IL pp. 29-36, 1994.

 

153.      Huang, J-H, Getty, R.R., Chisari, F.V., Fowler, P., Greenspan, N.S., and Tykocinski, M.L.  Protein transfer of preformed MHC-peptide complexes sensitizes target cells to T cell cytolysis. Immunity 1:607-613, 1994.

 

154.      Toshkov, I., Chisari, F.V., and Bannasch, P.  Hepatic preneoplasia in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice.  Hepatology 20:1162-1172, 1994.

 

155.      Pasquinelli, C., Bhavani, K., Schirmacher, P., Rogler, C., and Chisari, F.V.  Expression of hepatocyte mitogens and mitogen receptors during hepatocarcinogenesis in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice.  Transgenics 1:451-457, 1994.

 

156.      Hagen, T.M., Huang, S-N., Curnutte, J., Fowler, P., Martinez, V., Wehr, C., Ames, B.N. and Chisari, F.V.  Extensive oxidative DNA damage in hepatocytes of transgenic mice with chronic active hepatitis destined to develop hepatocellular carcinoma. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Science, USA 91:12808-12812, 1994.

 

157.      Kirby, G.M., Chemin, I., Montesano, R., Chisari, F.V., Lang, M.A., and Wild, C.P.  Induction of specific cytochrome P450s involved in aflatoxin B1 metabolism in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice.  Molec. Carcinog. 11:74-80, 1994.

 

158.      Sette, A., Vitiello, A., Rehermann, B., Fowler, P., Nayersina, R., Kast, W.M., Melief, C.J.M., Oseroff, C., Yuan, L., Ruppert, J., Sidney, J., del Guercio, M-F, Southwood, S., Kubo R.T., Chesnut, R.W., Grey, H.M., and Chisari, F.V.  The relationship between class I binding affinity and immunogenicity of potential cytotoxic T cell epitopes.  J. Immunol.  153:5586-5592, 1994.

 

159.      Cerny, A., McHutchison, J.G., Pasquinelli, C., Brown, M.E., Brothers, M.A., Grabscheid, B., Fowler, P., Houghton, M., and Chisari, F.V.  Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to hepatitis C virus-derived peptides containing the HLA A2.1 binding motif.  J. Clin. Invest. 95:521-530, 1995.

 

160.      Vitiello, A., Ishioka, G., Grey, H.M., Rose, R., Farness, P., LaFond, R., Yuan, L., Chisari, F.V., Furze, J., Bartholomeuz, R., and Chesnut, R.W.  Development of a lipopeptide-based therapeutic vaccine to treat chronic HBV infection.  J. Clin. Invest.  95:341-349, 1995.

 

161.       Wirth, S., Guidotti, L.G., Ando, K., Schlicht, H.J., and Chisari, F.V.  Breaking tolerance leads to autoantibody production but not autoimmune liver disease in HBV envelope transgenic mice.  J. Immunol. 154:2504-2515, 1995.

 

162.      Huang, S.N. and Chisari, F.V.  Strong, sustained hepatocellular proliferation precedes hepatocarcinogenesis in hepatitis B surface antigen transgenic mice. Hepatology 21:620-626, 1995.

 

163.      Cerny, A., Fowler, P., Brothers, M.A., Houghton, M., Schlicht, H.J., and Chisari, F.V.  Induction in vitro of a primary human antiviral cytotoxic T cell response.  Eur. J. Immunol. 25:627-630, 1995.

 

164.      Rehermann, B., Fowler, P., Sidney, J., Person, J., Redeker, A., Brown, M., Moss, B., Sette, A., and Chisari, F.V.  The cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to multiple hepatitis B virus polymerase epitopes during and after acute viral hepatitis.  J. Exp. Med. 181:1047-1058, 1995.

 

165.      Chisari, F.V. and Ferrari, C.  Hepatitis B virus immunopathogenesis.  In:  Ann. Rev. of Immunology.  Paul, W.E. (Ed.). Ann. Reviews, Inc., Palo Alto, CA  13:29-60, 1995.

 

166.      Guidotti, L.G., Matzke, B., Schaller, H., and Chisari, F.V.  High-level hepatitis B virus replication in transgenic mice.  J. Virol. 69:6158-6169, 1995.

 

167.      Rehermann, B., Pasquinelli, C., Mosier, S.M., and Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis B virus (HBV) sequence variation in cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes is not common in patients with chronic HBV infection.  J. Clin. Invest. 96:1527-1534, 1995.

 

168.      Franco, A., Ferrari, C., Sette, A., and Chisari, F.V. Viral mutations, TCR antagonism and escape from the immune response.  In: Current Opinion in Immunology.  Sher, A. and Ahmed, R. (Eds.). Current Biology, Ltd., London, U.K. Vol. 7, pp. 524-531, 1995.

 

169.      Schirmbeck, R., Bšhm, W., Ando, K., Chisari, F.V., and Reimann, J.  Nucleic acid vaccination primes hepatitis B surface antigen specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in nonresponder mice.  J. Virol. 69:5929-5934, 1995.

 

170.      Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis B virus transgenic mice:  Insights into the virus and the disease.  Hepatology 22:1316-1325, 1995.

 

171.       Chisari, F.V. and Ferrari, C.   Hepatitis B virus immunopathology. Springer Seminars in Immunopathology,  17:261-281, 1995.

 

172.      Tsui, L.V., Guidotti, L.G., Ishikawa, T., and Chisari, F.V.  Post-transcriptional clearance of hepatitis B virus RNA by cytotoxic T lymphocyte-activated hepatocytes.  Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci., USA 92:12398-12402, 1995.

 

173.      Lanford, R.E., Chavez, D., Chisari, F.V., and Sureau, C.  Lack of detection of negative strand hepatitis C virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and other extrahepatic tissues by the highly strand specific rTth reverse transcriptase PCR.  J. Virol. 69:8079-8083, 1995.

 

174.      Wentworth, P.A., Celis, E., Crimi, C., Stitely, S., Hale, L., Tsai, V., Serra, H.M., del Guercio, M-F., Livingston, B., Alazard, D., Fikes, J., Kubo, R.T., Grey, H.M., Chesnut, R.W., Chisari, F.V., and Sette, A.  In vitro induction of primary, antigen-specific CTL from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with synthetic peptides.  Molec. Immunol. 32:602-612, 1995.

 

175.      Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis B virus transgenic mice:  Models of viral immunobiology and pathogenesis.  In:  Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology.  Chisari, F.V., and Oldstone, M.B.A. (Eds.).  Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg  206:149-173, 1995.

 

176.      Chisari, F.V.  Intracellular inactivation of the hepatitis B virus by the immune response. In:  Vaccines, One Hundred Years After Louis Pasteur. Girard, M. (Ed.). Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, pp.187-190, 1995.

 

177.     Guidotti, L.G., Ishikawa, T., Hobbs, M.V., Matzke, B., Schreiber, R., and Chisari, F.V. Intracellular inactivation of the hepatitis B virus by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Immunity 4:25-36, 1996.

 

178.      Fernandes, C.L., Chavan, S.J., Dong, J-H., Bornmann, W.G., Polsky, B., Chisari, F.V., Montali, J.A., Schmidt, Jr., D.E., and Prochaska, H.J.  Regulation of glutathione S-transferases:  Clues from a worm, a virus and a mouse with hepatitis.  In: Glutathione S-transferases: Structure, Function & Clinical Implications.  Vermuelen, N., Mulder, G., Nieuwenhuyse, H., Peters, W., and van Bladeren, P. (Eds.). Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 97-109, 1996.

 

179.      Rehermann, B., Lau, D., Hoofnagle J.H., and Chisari, F.V.  Cytotoxic T lymphocyte responsiveness following resolution of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.  J. Clin. Invest. 97:1655-1665, 1996.

 

180.      Guidotti, L.G., Borrow, P., Hobbs, M.V., Matzke, B., Gresser, I., Oldstone, M.B.A., and Chisari, F.V.  Viral cross talk: Intracellular inactivation of the hepatitis B virus during an unrelated viral infection of the liver.  Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci, USA 93:4589-4594, 1996.

 

181.       Ferrari, C., Bertoletti, A., Fiaccadori, F., and Chisari, F.V.  Is antigenic variability a strategy adopted by hepatitis B virus to escape cytotoxic T lymphocyte surveillance? Seminars in Virology, 7:23-30, 1996.

 

182.      Kuhršber, A., Pudollek, H-P., Reifenberg, K., Chisari, F.V., Schlicht, H-J., Reimann, J., and Schirmbeck, R.  DNA immunization induces antibody and cytotoxic T cell responses to hepatitis B core antigen in H-2b mice. J. Immunol. 156:3687-3695, 1996.

 

183.      Guidotti, L.G. and Chisari, F.V.  The Transgenic mouse model of hepatitis B virus infection. In: FORUM, Trends in Experimental and Clinical Medicine.  Frati L. and Santi, L. (Eds.). Scuola Superiore di Oncologia E Scienze Biomediche, Genova, Italy. 6:189-200, 1996.

 

184.      Wentworth, P.A., Sette, A., Celis, E., Sidney, J., Southwood, S., Crimi, C., Stitely, S., Keogh, E., Wong, N.C., Livingston, B., Alazard, D., Vitiello, A., Grey, H.M., Chisari, F.V., Chesnut R.W., and Fikes, J.  Identification of A2-restricted hepatitis C virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes from conserved regions of the viral genome.  Int'l. Immunology 8:651-659, 1996.

 

185.      Guidotti, L.G. and Chisari, F.V.  To kill or to cure:  Options in host defense against viral infection.  In: Current Opinion in Immunology. Zinkernagel, R. and Bloom, B. (Eds.). Current Biology, Ltd., London, U.K. 8:478-483, 1996.

 

186.      Chemin, I., Takahashi, S., Belloc, C., Lang, M.A., Ando, K., Guidotti, L.G., Chisari, F.V., and Wild, C.P.  Differential induction of carcinogen metabolizing enzymes in a transgenic mouse model of fulminant hepatitis.  Hepatology 24:649-656, 1996.

 

187.      Penna, A., Artini, M., Cavalli, A., Levrero, M., Bertoletti, A., Pilli, M., Chisari, F.V., Rehermann, B., Prete, G.D., Fiaccadori, F., and Ferrari, C. Long-lasting memory T cell responses following self-limited acute hepatitis B. J. Clin. Invest. 98: 1185-1194, 1996.

 

188.      Guidotti, L.G., Matzke, B., Pasquinelli, C., Shoenberger, J.M., Rogler, C.E., and Chisari, F.V.  The hepatitis B virus precore protein inhibits HBV replication in transgenic mice. J. Virol. 70:7056-7061, 1996.

 

189.      Rehermann, B., Chang, K-M., McHutchison, J., Kokka, R., Houghton, M., Rice, C.M., and Chisari, F.V.  Differential cytotoxic T lymphocyte responsiveness to the hepatitis B and C viruses in chronically infected patients. J. Virol. 70:7092-7102, 1996.

 

190.      Rehermann, B., Chang, K-M., McHutchison, J.G., Kokka, R., Houghton M., and Chisari, F.V.  Quantitative analysis of the peripheral blood cytotoxic T lymphocyte response, disease activity and viral load in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J. Clin. Invest. 98:1432-1440, 1996.

 

191.       Rehermann, B., Ferrari, C., Pasquinelli C., and Chisari, F.V.  The hepatitis B virus persists for decades after recovery from acute viral hepatitis despite active maintenance of a cytotoxic T lymphocyte response. Nature Medicine 2:1104-1108, 1996.

 

192.      Chisari, F.V. and Ferrari, C.  Viral hepatitis.  In:  Viral Pathogenesis. Nathenson, N., Ahmed, R., Gonzalez-Scarano, F., Griffin, D., Holmes, K., Murphy, F.A., and Robinson, H.L. (Eds.).  Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA.  pp. 745-778, 1996.

 

193.      Fernandes, C.L., Dong, J-H., Roebuck, B.D., Chisari, F.V., Montali, J.A., Schmidt, Jr., D.E., and Prochaska, H.J.  Elevations of hepatic quinone reductase, glutathione, and a- and m-class glutathione S-transferase isoforms in mice with chronic active hepatitis: A compensatory response to injury.  Arch. Biochem. & Biophys. 331:104-116, 1996.

 

194.      Rehermann, B. and Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis B virus immunopathology - experimental and clinical features.  In: Viral Hepatitis. Willson, R.A. (Ed.). Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y. pp.85-117, 1997.

 

195.      Cavanaugh, V.J., Guidotti, L.G., Hobbs, M.V., Gresser, I., Schreiber, R., and Chisari, F.V.  Interleukin-12 inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in HBV transgenic mice. J. Virol. 71:3236-3243, 1997.

 

196.      Pasquinelli, C., Shoenberger, J., Chung, J., Chang, K-M., Guidotti, L.G., Selby, M., Berger, K., Lesniewski, R., Houghton M., and Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis C virus core and E2 protein expression in transgenic mice.  Hepatology 25:719-727, 1997.

 

197.      Chisari, F.V. Cytotoxic T Cells and Viral Hepatitis. J. Clin. Invest. 99:1472-1477, 1997.

 

198.      Guidotti, L.G., Matzke, B., and Chisari, F.V.  HBV replication is cell cycle independent during liver regeneration in transgenic mice. J. Virol. 71:4804-4808, 1997.

 

199.      Kaplanski, C., Chisari, F.V., and Wild, C.P.  Minisatellite rearrangements are increased in liver tumors induced by transplacentally aflatoxin B1 treatment of hepatitis B virus transgenic mice but not in spontaneously arising tumours. Carcinogenesis 18:633-639, 1997.

 

200.      Nakamoto, Y., Guidotti, L.G., Pasquetto, V., Schreiber, R.D., and Chisari, F.V.  Differential target cell sensitivity to cytotoxic T lymphocyte-activated death pathways in hepatitis B virus in transgenic mice.  J. Immunol. 158:5692-5697, 1997.

 

201.      Chang, K-M., Rehermann, B., and Chisari, F.V.  Immunopathology of hepatitis C. In: Springer Seminars in Immunopathology.  Agnello, V. (Ed.).  Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 19:57-68, 1997.

 

202.      Livingston, B.D., Crimi, C., Grey, H., Ishioka, G., Chisari, F.V., Fikes, J., Grey, H., Chesnut, R.W., and Sette, A.  The hepatitis B virus-specific CTL responses induced in humans by lipopeptide vaccination are comparable to those elicited by acute viral infection. J. Immunol. 159:1383-1392, 1997.

 

203.      Bertoni, R., Sidney, J., Fowler, P., Chisari, F.V., and Sette, A.  Human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-binding supermotifs predict broadly cross-reactive cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses in patients with acute hepatitis.  J. Clin. Invest. 100:503-513, 1997.

 

204.      Franco, A., Guidotti, L.G., Hobbs, M.V., Pasquetto, V., and Chisari, F.V.  Pathogenetic effector function of CD4-positive T-helper 1 cells in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. J. Immunol. 159:2001-2008, 1997.

 

205.      Kuhršber, A., Wild, J., Pudollek, H-P., Chisari, F.V., and Reimann, J.  DNA vaccination with plasmids encoding the intracellular (HBcAg) or secreted (HBeAg) form of the core protein of hepatitis B virus primes T cell responses to two overlapping Kb- and Kd- restricted epitopes.  International Immunology 9:1203-1212, 1997.

 

206.      Jakubczak, J.L., Chisari, F.V., and Merlino, G.  Synergy between transforming growth factor a and hepatitis B virus surface antigen in hepatocellular proliferation and carcinogenesis. Cancer Research 57:3606-3611, 1997.

 

207.      Chisari, F.V.  Immunobiology and pathogenesis of viral hepatitis.  In: Proceedings of the IX Triennial International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease.  Rizzetto. M., Purcell, R.H., Gerin, J.L. and Verme, G. (Eds.).  Turin, Italy, pp.405-415, 1997.

 

208.      Chang, K-M., Rehermann, B., McHutchison, J.G., Pasquinelli, C., Southwood, S., Sette, A., and Chisari, F.V.  Immunological significance of cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitope variants in patients chronically infected by the hepatitis C virus. J. Clin. Invest. 100:2376-2385, 1997.

 

209.      Alexander, J., Oseroff, C., Sidney, J., Wentworth, P., Keogh, E., Hermanson, G., Chisari, F.V., Kubo, R.T., Grey, H.M., and Sette, A.  Derivation of HLA-A11/Kb transgenic mice: Functional CTL repertoire and recognition of human A11-restricted CTL epitopes. J. Immunol. 159:4753-4761, 1997.

 

210.      Hu, J-F., Cheng, Z., Chisari, F.V., Vu, T.H., Hoffman, A.R., and Campbell, T.C.  Repression of hepatitis B virus transgene and HBV-induced liver injury by low protein diet. Oncogene 15:2795-2801, 1997.

 

211.       Chisari, F.V.  Hepatitis B virus pathogenesis: what have we learned from the transgenic mouse?  In:  Therapy in Liver Diseases. The pathophysiological basis of therapy.  Arroyo, V., Bosh, J., Bruguera, M., and Rodes, J. (Eds.). Masson-Little, Brown & Co., Barcelona, Spain, pp. 119-126, 1997.

              

212.      Cavanaugh, V.J., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V.  Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication during adenovirus and cytomegalovirus infections in HBV transgenic mice. J. Virol 72:2630-2637, 1998.

 

213.      Nakamoto, Y., Guidotti, L.G., Kuhlen, C., Fowler, P., and Chisari, F.V.  Immune pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma. J. Exp. Med. 188:341-350, 1998.

 

214.      Lemon, S.M., Chisari, F.V., Lai, M.M.C., Nishioka, K., Mishiro, S., and Johnson, L. The Nineteenth United States-Japan Joint Hepatitis Panel Meeting. Hepatology 28:881-887, 1998.

 

215.      Shimizu, Y., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V.  Dendritic cell immunization breaks cytotoxic T lymphocyte tolerance in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice. J. Immunol. 161:4520-4529, 1998.

 

216.      Bertoni, R., Sette, A., Sidney, J., Guidotti, L.G., Shapiro, M., Purcell, R., and Chisari, F.V. Human class I supertypes and cytotoxic T lymphocyte repertoires extend to chimpanzees. J. Immunol. 161:4447-4455, 1998.

 

217.      Alexander, J., Del Guercio, M-F., Fikes, J.D., Chesnut, R.W., Chisari, F.V., Chang, K-M., Appella, E., and Sette, A. Recognition of a novel naturally processed, A2 restricted, HCV-NS4 epitope triggers IFN-gamma release in absence of detectable cytopathicity. Hum. Immunol. 59:776-782, 1998.

 

218.      Ishikawa, T., Kono, D., Chung, J., Fowler, P., Theofilopoulos, A., Kakumu, S., and Chisari, F.V.  Polyclonality and multispecificity of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to a single viral epitope. J. Immunol. 161:5842-5850, 1998.

 

219.      Rehermann, B. and Chisari, F.V.  The immunology of chronic hepatitis B virus.  In:  Hepatitis B virus: Molecular mechanisms in disease and novel strategies for therapy.  Koshy, R. and Caselmann, W. (Eds.). World Scientific Publishing Co. Inc., River Edge, Hong Kong pp. 111-132, 1998.

 

220.      Alexander, J., Fikes, J., Hoffman, S., Appella, E., Chisari, F.V., Guidotti, L.G., Chesnut, R., Livingston, B., and Sette, A.  The optimization of helper T lymphocyte (HTL) function in vaccine development. Immunol. Res. 18:79-92, 1998.

 

221.      Chisari, F.V.  The immunobiology of viral hepatitis. In: T Cells in the Liver: Biology, Immunopathology and Host Defense.  Crispe, N. (Ed.).  John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, pp. 117-138, 1999.

 

222.      Heise, T., Guidotti, L.G., Cavanaugh, V., and Chisari, F.V. Hepatitis B virus RNA-binding proteins associated with cytokine-induced clearance of viral RNA from the liver of transgenic mice. J. Virol. 73:474-481, 1999.

 

223.      Chang, K-M., Gruner, N., Southwood, S., Pape, G., Chisari, F.V., and Sette, A. Identification of HLA-A3 and ŠB7 restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to hepatitis C virus in patients with acute and chronic hepatitis C. J. Immunol. 162:1156-1164, 1999.

 

224.      Chisari, F.V. and Lai, M.M.C.  Hepatitis B and D Viruses.  In: Persistent Viral Infections. Ahmed, R. and Chen, I. (Eds.) John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., West Sussex, England, pp. 77-92, 1999.

 

225.      Schultz, U. and Chisari, F.V. Recombinant duck interferon gamma inhibits duck hepatitis B virus replication in primary hepatocytes. J. Virol. 73:3162-3168, 1999.

 

226.      Livingston, B.D., Alexander, J., Crimi, C., Oseroff, C., Vadi, R., Celis, E., Daly, K., Guidotti, L.G., Chisari, F.V., Fikes, J., Chesnut, R.W., and Sette, A. Altered helper T lymphocyte (HTL) function associated with chronic HBV infection and its role in response to therapeutic vaccination in humans. J. Immunol. 162:3088-3095, 1999.

 

227.      Chemin, I., Ohgaki, H., Chisari, F.V., and Wild, C.P. Altered expression of hepatic carcinogen metabolizing enzymes with liver injury in HBV transgenic mouse lineages expressing various amounts of hepatitis B surface antigen.  Liver 19:81-87, 1999.

 

228.      Sette, A., Alexander, J., Appella, E., Celis, E., Chisari, F.V., Kubo, R., Livingston, B., Sakeguchi, K., Sidney, J., Vitiello, A., Wentworth, P., Grey, H., and Chesnut, R.  The use of synthetic peptides to characterize CTL responses in acute and chronic viral diseases. In: Persistent Viral Infections.  Ahmed, R. and Chen, I.  (Eds.). John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., West Sussex, England, p. 677-689, 1999.

 

229.      Guidotti, L.G., Rochford, R., Chung, J., Shapiro, M., Purcell, R. and Chisari, F.V. Viral clearance without destruction of infected cells during acute HBV infection. Science 284:825-829, 1999.

 

230.      Chang, K-M. and Chisari, F.V. Immunopathogenesis of Hepatitis B Virus. In: Clinics in Liver Disease. Lee, W.M. (Ed.). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 221-240, 1999.

 

231.      Guidotti, L.G., Borrow, P., Brown, A., McClary, H., Koch, R., and Chisari, F.V. Noncytopathic clearance of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus from the hepatocyte. J. Exp. Med. 189:1555-1564, 1999.

 

232.      Heise, T., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V. La autoantigen specifically recognizes a predicted stem-loop in hepatitis B virus RNA. J. Virol. 73:5767-5776, 1999.

 

233.      Schultz, U., Summers, J., Staeheli, P., and Chisari, F.V. Elimination of DHBV RNA-containing capsids in duck interferon-a-treated hepatocytes. J. Virol. 73:5459-5465, 1999.

 

234.      Cerny, A., and Chisari, F.V. Pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C: immunological features of hepatic injury and viral persistence. Hepatology 30:595-601, 1999.

 

235.      Guidotti, L.G. and Chisari, F.V. Cytokine induced viral purging- role in viral pathogenesis. Curr. Opin. In Microbiol. 2:388-391, 1999.

 

236.      Reifenberg, K., Wilts, H., Lšhler, J., Nusser, P., Hanano, R., Barsig, J., Guidotti, L.G., Chisari, F.V., and Schlicht, H-J. The hepatitis B virus X-protein transactivated viral core gene expression in vivo. J. Virol. 73: 10399-10405, 1999.

 

237.      Rehermann, B., and Chisari, F.V.  Cell mediated immune response to the hepatitis C virus. In: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology: Hepatitis C Virus. Hagedorn, C. and Rice, C.M. (Eds.).  Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 299-325, 1999.

 

238.      Lauvau, G., Kakimi, K., Niedermann, G., Ostankovitch, M., Yotnda, P., Chisari, F.V., and van Endert, P. Human transporters associated with antigen processing (TAPs) select epitope precursor peptides for processing in the endoplasmic reticulum and presentation to T cells. J. Exp. Med. 190:1227-40, 1999.

 

239.      McClary, H., Koch, R., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G. Relative sensitivity of hepatitis B virus and other hepatotropic viruses to the antiviral effects of cytokines. J. Virol. 74:2255-2264, 2000.

 

240.      Chisari, F.V.  Rous-Whipple Award Lecture.  Viruses, Immunity, and Cancer:  Lessons from Hepatitis B.  Am. J. Pathol. 159:1117-1131, 2000.

 

241.      Wieland, S.F., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V. Intrahepatic induction of IFN a/b eliminates viral RNA-containing capsids in HBV transgenic mice. J. Virol. 74:4165-4173, 2000.

 

242.      Schirmbeck, R., Wild, J., Blum, H.E., Chisari, F.V., Geissler, M., and Reimann, J. Ongoing murine T1 or T2 immune responses to the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are excluded from the liver that expresses transgene-encoded HBsAg. J. Immunol. 164:4235-4243, 2000.

 

243.      Guidotti, L.G., McClary, H., Moorhead, J., and Chisari, F.V. Nitric oxide inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in the liver of transgenic mice. J. Exp. Med. 191:1247-1252, 2000.

 

244.      McClary, H., Koch, R., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G.  Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication during Schistosoma Mansoni infection in transgenic mice.  J. Exp. Med. 192:289-294, 2000.

 

245.      Guidotti, L.G. and Chisari, F.V.  Cytokine-mediated control of viral infections.  In: Virology 273:221-226, 2000.

 

246.      Pasquetto, V., Guidotti, L.G., Kakimi, K., Koch, R., Tsjui, M., and Chisari, F.V.  Host-virus interaction during malaria infection in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice.  J. Exp. Med. 192:529-535, 2000.

 

247.      Voehringer, D., Blaser, C., Busse-Grawitz, A., Chisari, F.V., Buerki, K., and Pircher, H.  Break of T cell ignorance to a viral antigen in the liver induces hepatitis.  J. Immunol. 165:2415-2423, 2000.

 

248.      Pasquetto, V., Wieland, S., and Chisari, F.V.  Intracellular Hepatitis B Virus nucleocapsids survive cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte induced apoptosis. J. Virol.74:9792-9796, 2000.

 

249.      Kakimi, K., Guidotti L., Koezuka, Y., and Chisari F.V.  Natural killer T cell activation inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in vivo. J. Exp. Med. 192:921-930, 2000.

 

250.      McKinney, D.M., Erickson, A.L., Walker, C.M., Thimme, R., Chisari, F.V., Purcell, R., Sidney, J., and Sette, A.  Identification of five different Patr class I molecules which bind HLA supertype peptides and definition of their peptide binding motifs. J. Immunol. 165:4414-4422, 2000.

 

251.      Forns, X., Thimme, R., Govindarajan, S., Emerson, S.U., Purcell, R.H., Chisari, F.V., and Bukh, J.  Hepatitis C Virus lacking hypervariable region 1 of the second envelope protein is infectious and causes acute resolving or persistent infection in chimpanzees.  Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 97:13318-13323, 2000.

 

252.      Guidotti, L.G. and Chisari, F.V.  Noncytolytic control of viral infections by the innate and adaptive immune response.  Annu. Rev. Immunol. 19:65-91, 2001. 

 

253.      Chang, K-M., Thimme, R., Melpolder, J., Oldach, D., Pemberton, J., Moorhead-Loudis, J., McHutchison, J.G., Alter, H.J., and Chisari, F.V. Differential CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responsiveness in hepatitis C virus infection.  Hepatology  33:267-276, 2001.

 

254.      Sette, A., Oseroff, C., Sidney, J.,  Alexander, J., Chesnut, R.W., Kakimi, K., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V.  Overcoming T cell tolerance to the hepatitis B virus surface antigen in Hepatitis B Virus-transgenic mice.  J. Immunol. 166:1389-1397, 2001.

 

255.      Schirmbeck, R., Zheng, X., Roggendorf, M., Geissler, M., Chisari, F.V., Reimann, J., and Lu, M.  Targeting murine immune responses to selected T cell- or antibody-defined determinants of the hepatitis B surface antigen (hBsAg) by plasmid DNA vaccines encoding chimeric antigen.  J. Immunol. 166:1405-1413, 2001.

 

256.      Thimme, R., Chang, K.M., Pemberton, J., Sette, A., and Chisari, F.V.  Degenerate Immunogenicity of an HLA-A*0201-restricted HBV nucleocapid CTL epitope that is also presented by HLA-B*5101.  J. Virol. 75:3984-3987, 2001. 

 

257.      Ferrari, C. and Chisari, F.V.  Immune mechanisms of viral clearance and disease pathogenesis during viral hepatitis. In: The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology 4th Edition.  Arias, I.M., Boyer, J., Chisari, F.V., Fausto, N., Schachter,  and Shafritz, D. (Eds.).  Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 763-782, 2001.

 

258.      Heise, T., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V.  Characterization of nuclear ribonucleases that cleave hepatitis B virus RNA near the La protein binding site.  J. Virol. 75:6874-6883, 2001.

 

259.      Thimme, R., Oldach, D., Chang, K.M., Steiger, C., Ray, S., and Chisari, F.V.  Determinants of viral clearance and persistence during acute HCV infection.  J. Exp. Med. 194:1395-1406, 2001.

 

260.      Kakimi, K., Lane, T.E., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G. Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by activated NKT cells does not require inflammatory cell recruitment to the liver.   J. Immunol. 167:6701-6705, 2001.

 

261.          Kakimi, K., Campbell, I., Lane, T., Wieland, S.F., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G.  Blocking chemokine responsive to g-2/interferon (IFN)-g inducible protein and monokine induced by IFN-g activity in vivo reduces the pathogenetic but not the antiviral potential of hepatitis B virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.  J. Exp. Med. 194:1755-1766, 2001.

 

262.         Mosier, D.E. and Chisari, F.V.  GB and virus C and mortality from HIV infection.  N. Engl. J. Med. 346:377-379, 2002.

 

263.         Guidotti LG, Morris A, Mendez H, Koch R, Silverman RH, Williams BR, and Chisari FV. Interferon-regulated pathways that control hepatitis B virus replication in transgenic mice.
J Virol. 76:2617-21, 2002.

 

264.         Robek, M.D., Wieland, S.F., and Chisari, F.V.  Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by interferon requires proteasome activity. J. Virol. 76:3570-3574, 2002.

 

265.         Pasquetto, V., Wieland, S.F., Uprichard, S.L., Tripodi, M., and Chisari, F.V.  Cytokine sensitive replication of hepatitis B virus in immortalized mouse hepatocyte cultures.  J. Virol. 76:5646-5653, 2002.

 

266.         Su, A.I., Guidotti, L.G., Pezacki, J.P., Chisari, F.V., and Schultz, P.G. Gene expression during the priming phase of liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in mice. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA, 99:11181-11186, 2002.

 

267.         Kakimi, K., Chung, J.S., and Chisari, F.V.  Immunogenicity and tolerogenicity of hepatitis B viral structural and nonstructural proteins: Implications for immunotherapy of persistent viral infections.  J. Virol. 76:8609-8620, 2002.

 

268.         Bukh, J., Forns, X., Thimme, R., Govindarajan, S., Miller, R.H., Emerson, S.U., Chisari, F.V., and Purcell, R.H.  Analysis of the hypervariable region 1 of hepatitis C virus.  In: Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease.  Margolis, H.W., Alerter, M.J., Linage, T.H. and Dynast, J.L.  (Eds.). International Medical Press, pp 330-335, 2002.

 

269.         Bukh, J., Thimme, R., Govindarajan, S., Forns, X., Satterfield, W., Deer, G., Chang, K-M., Yang, M., Emerson S.U., Chisari, F.V., and Purcell, R.H.  Monoclonal hepatitis C virus infection in chimpanzees.  In: Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease. Margolis,  H.W., Alter, M.J., Liang, T.J., and Dienstag, J.L. (Eds.) International Medical Press. pp 336-340, 2002.

 

270.         Thimme, R., Bukh, J., Pemberton, J., Guidotti, L.G., Purcell, R.H.,  and Chisari, F.V.  T-cell responses and intrahepatic cytokine profiles in HBV- and HCV-infected chimpanzees.  In: Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease.  Margolis, H.S., Alter, M.J., Liang, T.J. and Dienstag, J.L. (Eds.). International Medical Press,  175-178, 2002.

 

271.          Kimura, K., Kakimi, K., Wieland, S., Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V.  Interleukin-18 inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in the liver of transgenic mice.  J. Virol.  76:10702-10707, 2002.

 

272.         Sitia, G., Isogawa, M., Kakimi, K., Wieland, S.F., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G.  Depletion of Neutrophils Blocks the Recruitment of Antigen Non-Specific Cells into the Liver without Affecting the Antiviral Activity of Hepatitis B Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes.  Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA.  99:13717-13722, 2002.

 

273.         Yang, P.L., Althage, A., Chung, J., and Chisari, F.V.  Hydrodynamic transfection:  a mouse model of acute hepatitis B virus infection. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA. 99:13825-13830, 2002.

 

274.         Kimura, K., Kakimi, K., Wieland, S., Guidotti, L., and Chisari, F.V.  Activated intrahepatic antigen presenting cells inhibit hepatitis B virus replication in the liver of transgenic mice.  J. Immunol. 169:5188-5195, 2002.

 

275.         Thimme, R., Bukh, J., Wieland, S., Pemberton, J., Steiger, C., Ghrayeb, J., Reimann, K.A., Purcell, R.H., and Chisari, F.V.  Viral and immunological determinants of HCV clearance, persistence and disease. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA. 99:15661-15668, 2002.

 

276.         Su, A.I., Pezacki, J.P., Wodicka, L., Brideau, A.D., Supekova, L., Thimme, R., Wieland, S., Bukh, J., Purcell, R.H., Schultz, P.G., and Chisari, F.V. Genomic analysis of the host response to hepatitis C virus infection. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA. 99:15669-15674, 2002.

 

277.         Blackman, M.A., Rouse B.T., Chisari, F.V., and Woodland, D.L. Viral immunology: Challenges associated with the progression from bench to clinic. Trends Immunol. 23:565-567, 2002.

 

278.         Thimme, R., Wieland, S., Steiger, C., Ghrayeb, J., Reimann, K.A., Purcell, R.H., and Chisari, F.V. CD8+ T cells mediate viral clearance and disease and pathogenesis during acute hepatitis B virus infection. J. Virol. 77:68-76, 2003.

 

279.         Wieland, S.F., Vega, R., MŸller, R., Evans, C., Hilbush, B., Guidotti, L.G., Sutcliffe, J.G., Schultz, P.G., and Chisari, F.V. Searching for interferon-induced genes that inhibit hepatitis B virus replication in transgenic mouse hepatocytes.  J. Virol. 77:1227-1236, 2003.

 

280.         Uprichard, S.L., Wieland, S.F., Althage, A., and Chisari, F.V. Transcriptional and posttranscriptional control of hepatitis B virus gene expression. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA. 100:1310-1315, 2003

281.          Kapadia, S.B., Brideau-Andersen, A., and Chisari, F.V. Interference of hepatitis C virus replication by short interfering RNA. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA. 100:2014-2018, 2003.

282.         Robek, M.D., Boyd, B.S., Wieland, S.F., and Chisari, F.V. Signal transduction pathways that inhibit hepatitis B virus replication. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA. 101:1743-1747, 2004

 

283.         Wieland, S.F., Spangenberg, H-C, Purcell, R.H., and Chisari, F.V.  Expansion and contraction of the hepatitis B virus transcriptional template in acutely infected chimpanzees. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA. 101:2129-2134, 2004

 

284.         Wieland, S.W., Thimme, R., Purcell, R.H., and Chisari, F.V. Genomic analysis of the host response to hepatitis B virus infection. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA. 101:6669-6674, 2004

285.         Sitia, G., Isagawa, M., Iannacone, M., Campbell, I., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G. Matrix MMPs are required for the recruitment of lymphomononuclear cells into the liver by CTLs. J. Clin. Invest. 113:1158-1167. 2004.

286.         Chen, M., Billaud, J-N., SŠllberg, M.. Guidotti, L.G., Chisari, F.V., Jones, J., Hughes, J., and Milich, D.R. A function of the hepatitis B virus precore protein is to regulate the immune response to the core antigen. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA.  101:14912-14918, 2004.

287.         Uprichard, S.L., Boyd, B., Althage, A., and Chisari, F.V.  Clearance of ongoing hepatitis B virus gene expression and replication in the liver of transgenic mice by short hairpin RNAs. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA.  102:773-774, 2005.

288.         Neumann-Haefelin, Blum, H.E., Chisari, F.V., and Thimme R. T cell response in hepatitis C virus infection.  J. Clin Virol.  32:75-85, 2005.

289.         Kapadia, S.B. and Chisari, F.V. Hepatitis C virus RNA replication is regulated by geranylgeranylation and fatty acids. Proc. NatÕl Acad. Sci. USA.  102:2561-2566, 2005.

290.         Chen, M., SŠllberg, M. Hughes, J., Jones, J., Guidotti, L.G., Chisari, F.V., Billaud, J-N., and Milich, D.R.  Split immune tolerance between the hepatitis B virus precore and core proteins.  J.Virol. 79:3016-3027, 2005.

291.          Isogawa, M., Kakimi, K., Kamamoto, H., Protzer, U., and Chisari, F.V. Differential dynamics of the peripheral and intrahepatic cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to hepatitis B surface antigen.  Virology 333:293-300, 2005.

292.         Robek, M., Boyd, B., and Chisari, F.V.  Interferon-Lambda inhibits hepatitis B and C virus replication.  J. Virol.  79:3851-3854. 2005.

293.         Sitia, G., Iannacone, M., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G. Pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus in transgenic mice. In:  Monographs in Virology: Models of Viral Hepatitis.  Roggendorf, M., (Ed.); Doerr, D.W., (Series Ed.). S.Karger AG, Medical and Scientific Publishers, Basel, Switzerland, Vol. 25, pp 23-32, 2005.

294.         Thimme, R., Bukh, J., Spangenberg, H.C., Blum, H.E., Wieland, S.F., Purcell, R.H., and Chisari, F.V.  T cell response to hepatitis B and C virus: Lessons learned from the chimpanzee model. In:  Monographs in Virology:  Models of Viral Hepatitis. Roggendorf, M., (Ed.); Doerr, D.W., (Series Ed.). S.Karger AG, Medical and Scientific Publishers, Basel, Switzerland, Vol. 25, pp 66-80, 2005.

295.         Isogawa, M., Robek, M.D., Furuichi, Y., and Chisari, F.V.  Toll-Like receptor signaling inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in vivo.  J. Virol.  In press.

296.         Chisari, F.V., Thimme, R., Guidotti, L.G., Wieland, S.F. and Purcell, R. Mediators of recovery from HBV infection.  In: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver disease.   Jilbert, A.R., Grgacic, E.V.L., Vickery, K., and Cossart, Y.E. (Eds.) The Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology, Melbourne, Australia.  In press.

297.         Sakai, A., Thimme, R., Spangenberg, H.C., Govindarajan, S, Emerson, S.U., Purcell, R.H., Chisari, F.V., and Bukh, J.   Rapid emergence of virus variants in acute HCV with vigorous host cellular immune responses and different outcome. In Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease. The Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology, Melbourne, Australia. Editors: AR Jilbert, EVL Grgacic, K. Vickery, YE Cossart. In press.

298.         Bukh, J., Thimme, R., Satterfield, W., Meunier, J.C., Spangenberg, H.C., Forns, X., Chang, K.M., Emerson, S.U., Chisari, F.V., and Purcell, R.H.  Persistence of HCV after homologous monoclonal re-challenge is associated with emergence of virus variants. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver disease.   Jilbert, A.R., Grgacic, E.V.L., Vickery, K., and Cossart, Y.E. (Eds.) The Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology, Melbourne, Australia.  In press

299.         Kakimi, K., Isogawa, M., Kamamoto, H., Protzer, U., Moriyasu, F., and Chisari, F.V. Rapid compartmentalization of virus specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the liver during hepatitis B virus infection. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver disease.   Jilbert, A.R., Grgacic, E.V.L., Vickery, K., and Cossart, Y.E. (Eds.) The Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology, Melbourne, Australia.  In press.

300.         Kimura, K., Kakimi, K., Wieland, S., Guidotti, L.G., Moriwaki, H. and Chisari, F.V. The role of innate immunity against hepatitis B virus replication in the liver of transgenic mice.  In: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver disease.   Jilbert, A.R., Grgacic, E.V.L., Vickery, K., and Cossart, Y.E. (Eds.) The Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology, Melbourne, Australia.  In press

301.          Guidotti, L.G., and Chisari, F.V. Immunobiology and Pathogenesis of Viral Hepatitis In: Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, Volume 1; Annual Reviews. Abbase, A.K., Downing, J.R., and Kumar, V.  (Eds.). Palo Alto, CA.  In press

302.         Chisari, F.V. and Wieland, S.F. Stealth and Cunning: Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.  J. Virology, In Press

303.         Bui, H., Sidney, J., Bjoern, P., Sathiamurthy, M., MothŽ, Chisari, F.V., Watkins, D.I., and Sette, A.  MHC binding predications by ARB matrix methods Š Automatic generation and evaluation of specific predictive tools.  Immunogenetics., In press.

304.         Sakai, A., Thimme, R., Spangenberg, H. C., Govindarajan, S., Farci, P., Purcell, R. H., Chisari, F. V., and Bukh, J. In vivo analysis of the HC-TN strain of HCV recovered from a case of fulminant hepatitis C:  Relationship between disease phenotype, host immune response, virus evaluation,  and outcome of infection. Submitted

305.         Yang, P.L., Althage, A, Chung, J., Isogawa, M., and Chisari, F.V.  Requirement of FAS for the induction of HBV-Specific CTLs and clearance of virus from the liver.  Submitted.

306.         Kimura, K., Moriwaki, H., Nagaki, M., Saio, M., Nakamoto, Y., Naito, M., and Chisari, F.V.  CD40 Activated B Cells cause a necroinflammatory liver disease in Mice.  Submitted.

307.         Iannacone, M., Sitia, G., Isogawa, M., Castor, M., Lowenstein, P., Chisari, F.V., and Guidotti, L.G. Platelets mediate CTL-induced immunopathology in the liver.  Submitted.

308.         Isogawa, M., Furuichi, Y., and Chisari, F.V.  Oscillating CD8+ T cell effector functions following antigen recognition in the liver. Submitted.

309.         Murray, J., Wieland, S. F., and Chisari, F.V. Dynamics of acute hepatitis B virus infection and clearance in chimpanzees. Submitted.

310.          Chisari, F.V. Determinants of outcome of hepatitis C virus infection.  Submitted

311.          Gilbert, R.J.C., Beales, L., Blond, D., Simon, M.N., Lin, B.Y., Chisari, F.V., Rowlands, D.J., and Stuart, D.I. Hepatitis B small surface antigen particles are octahedral.  Submitted.