Publications:173
Andrea D Branch, PhD
About Me
Andrea Branch, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases. The Branch Lab is interested in studying viral hepatitis using both basic and translation research approaches.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Medicine, Liver Diseases, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Surgery
Research Topics
Antivirals, Bioinformatics, Cancer, Gene Regulation, Hepatitis C Virus, Interferon Resistance, Liver, RNA, Viruses and Virology
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS], Immunology [IMM]
Education
BS, The University of Michigan
MS, The University of California
PhD, The Rockefeller University
, The Rockefeller University
, The Rockefeller University
Awards
1976
Rockefeller University Graduate Fellowship
1975
Steinhaus Memorial Teaching Award
1973
Public Health Service Traineeship
Research
In experimental systems, we previously discovered a new family of HCV core protein isoforms called minicores (Eng et al., JVI, 2009) that lack the N-terminus of p21 core. We have recently found that HCV minicores are released into patients’ blood. Additionally, cells cultured in human serum secrete large quantities of minicores through a process that is not dependent on infectious virion production. The low density of secreted minicores indicates that they may be part of lipoviroparticles. Experiments are underway to investigate the biological effects of secreted minicores.
Publications
Selected Publications
- AI-derived left-to-right cardiac chamber volume ratios in coronary artery calcium scans strongly predict heart failure. Morteza Naghavi, Seyed Reza Mirjalili, Kyle Atlas, Anthony P. Reeves, Chenyu Zhang, Jakob Wasserthal, Amir Azimi, Ali Hashemi, Mohammadhossein Mozafarybazargany, Thomas Atlas, Claudia I. Henschke, David F. Yankelevitz, Javier J. Zulueta, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Andrea D. Branch, Rowena Yip, Sion K. Roy, Khurram Nasir, Zahi Fayad, Michael V. McConnell, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, Jamal S. Rana, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, David J. Maron, Jagat Narula, Kim Williams, Prediman K. Shah, Matthew J. Budoff, Daniel Levy, Roxana Mehran, Robert A. Kloner, Nathan D. Wong. European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
- Scar-associated endothelial-stellate cellular crosstalk drives fibrosis resolution in MASH. Kenneth Li, Vardhman Kumar, Tran To, Álvaro González-Domínguez, Janvi Huria, Maylene Yu, Bruno Cogliati, Chittampalli N. Yashaswini, Mark Miller, Andrea D. Branch, Bruno Giotti, Alexander M. Tsankov, Li Chen, Mathieu Petitjean, Jesse D. Kirkpatrick, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Scott L. Friedman, Shuang Wang. Cell Reports
- Artificial Intelligence–derived Measurements of Myosteatosis from Coronary Artery Calcium CT Scans to Predict COPD: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Amir Azimi, Kyle Atlas, Anthony P. Reeves, Chenyu Zhang, Jakob Wasserthal, Seyed Reza Mirjalili, Thomas Atlas, Claudia I. Henschke, David F. Yankelevitz, Javier J. Zulueta, Juan P. De-Torres, Luis M. Seijo, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Andrea Branch, Ning Ma, Rowena Yip, Wenjun Fan, Sion K. Roy, Khurram Nasir, Sabee Molloi, Zahi A. Fayad, Michael V. McConnell, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, George S. Abela, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, David J. Maron, Jagat Narula, Kim A. Williams, Prediman K. Shah, Matthew J. Budoff, Daniel Levy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Roxana Mehran, Robert A. Kloner, Nathan D. Wong, Morteza Naghavi. Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging
Industry Relationships
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