Ashwin Balagopal

Summary

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The transhepatic endotoxin gradient is present despite liver cirrhosis and is attenuated after transjugular portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
    Daniel Benten
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany
    BMC Gastroenterol 11:107. 2011
  2. ncbi Clostridium difficile: new therapeutic options
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Room 439, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Curr Opin Pharmacol 7:455-8. 2007
  3. ncbi IL28B and the control of hepatitis C virus infection
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Gastroenterology 139:1865-76. 2010
  4. ncbi Kupffer cells are depleted with HIV immunodeficiency and partially recovered with antiretroviral immune reconstitution
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    AIDS 23:2397-404. 2009

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Publications4

  1. ncbi The transhepatic endotoxin gradient is present despite liver cirrhosis and is attenuated after transjugular portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
    Daniel Benten
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany
    BMC Gastroenterol 11:107. 2011
    ..Translocation of gut-derived bacterial products such as endotoxin is a major problem in liver cirrhosis...
  2. ncbi Clostridium difficile: new therapeutic options
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Room 439, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Curr Opin Pharmacol 7:455-8. 2007
    ..difficile disease. For now, vancomycin or metronidazole combined with discontinuation of antibiotics, when feasible, and expert infection control remain the mainstays of C. difficile disease management...
  3. ncbi IL28B and the control of hepatitis C virus infection
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Gastroenterology 139:1865-76. 2010
    ..We review the genetic studies that uncovered the association between IL28B and HCV clearance, the biology of IFN-?3, the clinical implications of the genetic association, and areas of future research...
  4. ncbi Kupffer cells are depleted with HIV immunodeficiency and partially recovered with antiretroviral immune reconstitution
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    AIDS 23:2397-404. 2009
    ..Although hepatic macrophages (Kupffer cells) clear most microbial translocation products and can be infected by HIV, their fate in HIV progression has not been carefully investigated...