Andrea D Branch, PhD

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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]

About Me

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

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.

Locations

Icahn (East) Building Floor 11th Floor Room Room 11-26, 1425 Madison Ave, New York, NY, 10029

212-659-8371

Publications

Publications:164

Selected Publications

Heavy metals are liver fibrosis risk factors in people without traditional liver disease etiologies. Ning Ma, Meena B. Bansal, Jaime Chu, Mark Woodward, Andrea D. Branch. Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
Mixture analysis of associations between environmental and workplace toxins and liver damage and telomere length, stratified by race/ethnicity. Ning Ma, Rowena Yip, Mark Woodward, Sara Lewis, Michael Crane, Artit Jirapatnakul, Costica Aloman, Meena B. Bansal, Douglas Dieterich, Louis Gros, Damaskini Valvi, Elena Colicino, David Yankelevitz, Claudia Henschke, Andrea D. Branch. Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
AI-enabled opportunistic measurement of liver steatosis in coronary artery calcium scans predicts cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: An AI-CVD study within the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Morteza Naghavi, Kyle Atlas, Anthony Reeves, Chenyu Zhang, Jakob Wasserthal, Thomas Atlas, Claudia I. Henschke, David F. Yankelevitz, Javier J. Zulueta, Matthew J. Budoff, Andrea D. Branch, Ning Ma, Rowena Yip, Wenjun Fan, Sion K. Roy, Khurram Nasir, Sabee Molloi, Zahi Fayad, Michael V. Mcconnell, Ioannis Kakadiaris, David J. Maron, Jagat Narula, Kim Williams, Prediman K. Shah, George Abela, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Daniel Levy, Nathan D. Wong. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care

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