Ashwin Balagopal
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
64 Papers
571 Citations
Ashwin Balagopal is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis C virus & Hepatitis C. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 53 publications. Previous affiliations of Ashwin Balagopal include Johns Hopkins University.
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Papers
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Microbial Translocation and Progression of Hepatitis C
Ashwin Balagopal,Frances H. Philp,Jacquie Astemborski,Timothy M. Block,Anand Mehta,Ronald E. Long,Gregory D. Kirk,Shruti H. Mehta,Andrea L. Cox,David L. Thomas,Stuart C. Ray +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that HIV-related CD4 + lymphocyte depletion was associated with enhanced microbial translocation, and microbial translocated is a mechanism through which alcohol and some enteric conditions cause liver disease.
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BASIC—LIVER, PANCREAS, AND BILIARY TRACT Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Microbial Translocation and Progression of Hepatitis C
Ashwin Balagopal,Frances H. Philp,Jacquie Astemborski,Timothy M. Block,Anand Mehta,Ronald E. Long,Gregory D. Kirk,Shruti H. Mehta,Andrea L. Cox,David L. Thomas,Stuart C. Ray +10 more
- 01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: Microbial translocation may be a fundamental mechanism through which HIV accelerates progression of chronic liver disease.
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IL28B and the Control of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
TL;DR: 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 are reviewed.
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HIV, Age, and the Severity of Hepatitis C Virus–Related Liver Disease: A Cohort Study
Gregory D. Kirk,Shruti H. Mehta,Jacquie Astemborski,Noya Galai,Jonathan Washington,Yvonne Higgins,Ashwin Balagopal,David L. Thomas +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether HIV reduces the age at which liver disease occurs and understand other correlates of liver fibrosis in this setting, and studied a cohort of persons with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in whom Liver fibrosis, HIV disease, and other key exposures have been systematically monitored since 2006.
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HIV, Age, and the Severity of Hepatitis C Virus–Related Liver Disease
Gregory D. Kirk,Shruti H. Mehta,Jacquie Astemborski,Noya Galai,Jonathan Washington,Yvonne Higgins,Ashwin Balagopal,David L. Thomas +7 more
TL;DR: Investigating whether persons with HIV infection develop hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver disease at younger ages than similar persons without HIV found that persons who have HCV with HIV have liver fibrosis stages similar to those who are nearly a decade older.
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