Ashwin Balagopal

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Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Detection of microbial translocation in HIV and SIV infection using the Limulus amebocyte lysate assay is masked by serum and plasma
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e41258. 2012
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. ncbi Laser captured hepatocytes show association of butyrylcholinesterase gene loss and fibrosis progression in hepatitis C-infected drug users
    Supriya Munshaw
    Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Hepatology 56:544-54. 2012
  7. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus-related microbial translocation and progression of hepatitis C
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Viral Hepatitis Center, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Gastroenterology 135:226-33. 2008

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Detection of microbial translocation in HIV and SIV infection using the Limulus amebocyte lysate assay is masked by serum and plasma
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e41258. 2012
    ..However, related research has been impeded by inconsistent LPS test results...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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-λ3, the clinical implications of the genetic association, and areas of future research...
  5. 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...
  6. ncbi Laser captured hepatocytes show association of butyrylcholinesterase gene loss and fibrosis progression in hepatitis C-infected drug users
    Supriya Munshaw
    Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Hepatology 56:544-54. 2012
    ..CONCLUSION: Chronic HCV is associated with hepatocyte BCHE loss years before hepatic synthetic function is impaired. These results indicate that BCHE may be involved in the pathogenesis of HCV-related fibrosis among injection drug users...
  7. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus-related microbial translocation and progression of hepatitis C
    Ashwin Balagopal
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Viral Hepatitis Center, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Gastroenterology 135:226-33. 2008
    ..We hypothesized that HIV promotes liver disease by enhancing microbial translocation...