Stephen M. Feinstone

Construction of recombinant DNA molecules by the use of a single stranded DNA generated by the polymerase chain reaction: its application to chimeric hepatitis A virus/ poliovirus subgenomic cDNA (1990)

Wychowski, Czeslaw, Emerson, Suzanne U., Silver, Jonathan, Feinstone, Stephen M.

In order to study the importance of VP4 in picornavirus replication and translation, we replaced the hepatitis A virus (HAV) VP4 with the poliovirus (PV1) VP4. Using a modification of oligonucleotide...

DETECTION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS DNA IN ASYMPTOMATIC HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN CARRIERS: RELATION TO SEXUAL TRANSMISSION (1987)

TASSOPOULOS, NICOLAOS C., PAPAEVANGELOU, GEORGE J., ROUMELIOTOU-KARAYANNIS, ANASTASIA, TICEHURST, JOHN R., FEINSTONE, STEPHEN M., PURCELL, ROBERT H.

Tassopoulos, N. C, G. J. Papaevangelou (National Center for Viral Hepatitis, Athens, Greece), A. Roumeliotou-Karayannis, J. R. Ticehurst, S. M. Feinstone, and R. H. Purcell. Detection of hepatitis B...

Molecular cloning and characterization of hepatitis A virus cDNA (1983)

Ticehurst, John R., Racaniello, Vincent R., Baroudy, Bahige M., Baltimore, David, Purcell, Robert H., Feinstone, Stephen M.

Double-stranded cDNA was synthesized from hepatitis A virus (HAV) RNA and inserted into the Pst I site of pBR322. Restriction endonuclease digestion and cross-hybridization of fragments yielded a map...

Prophylactic DNA vaccine for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: HCV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte induction and protection from HCV-recombinant vaccinia infection in an HLA-A2.1 transgenic mouse model

Arichi, Tatsumi, Saito, Takafumi, Major, Marian E., Belyakov, Igor M., Shirai, Mutsunori, Engelhard, Victor H., ...

DNA vaccines express antigens intracellularly and effectively induce cellular immune responses. Because only chimpanzees can be used to model human hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, we developed a...

Long-Term Follow-Up of Chimpanzees Inoculated with the First Infectious Clone for Hepatitis C Virus

Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Fernandez, Javier, Seidman, Jessica, Kleiner, David, Kolykhalov, Alexander A., ...

Two chimpanzees (Ch1535 and Ch1536) became infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) following intrahepatic inoculation with RNA transcribed from a full-length cDNA clone of the virus. Both animals were...

Hepatitis C Virus-Encoded Enzymatic Activities and Conserved RNA Elements in the 3′ Nontranslated Region Are Essential for Virus Replication In Vivo

Kolykhalov, Alexander A., Mihalik, Kathy, Feinstone, Stephen M., Rice, Charles M.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a widespread major human health concern. Significant obstacles in the study of this virus include the absence of a reliable tissue culture system and a...

Molecular and Immunological Significance of Chimpanzee Major Histocompatibility Complex Haplotypes for Hepatitis C Virus Immune Response and Vaccination Studies

Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Blaustein, Joshua B., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., Liang, T. Jake, ...

The chimpanzee is a critical animal model for studying cellular immune responses to infectious pathogens such as hepatitis B and C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, and malaria. Several...

Previously Infected and Recovered Chimpanzees Exhibit Rapid Responses That Control Hepatitis C Virus Replication upon Rechallenge

Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Puig, Montserrat, Rehermann, Barbara, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Rice, Charles M., ...

Responses in three chimpanzees were compared following challenge with a clonal hepatitis C virus (HCV) contained in plasma from an animal that had received infectious RNA transcripts. Two of the...

The Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chimpanzees May Not Necessarily Correlate with the Appearance of Acquired Immunity

Thomson, Michael, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Havert, Michael B., Major, Marian, Gonzales, Sophia, Alter, Harvey, ...

Clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in humans and chimpanzees is thought to be associated with the induction of strong T-cell responses. We studied four chimpanzees infected with HCV...

Protein Synthesis and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Can Be Modulated by the Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Protein E2 through the Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2α Kinase PERK

Pavio, Nicole, Romano, Patrick R., Graczyk, Thomas M., Feinstone, Stephen M., Taylor, Deborah R.

The hepatitis C virus envelope protein, E2, is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-bound protein that contains a region of sequence homology with the double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase PKR and...

Kinetics of CD4+ and CD8+ Memory T-Cell Responses during Hepatitis C Virus Rechallenge of Previously Recovered Chimpanzees

Nascimbeni, Michelina, Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Bosmann, Markus, Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., ...

The immunological correlates of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific immunity are not well understood. Antibodies to HCV structural proteins do not appear to play a key role in clearance of the virus and...

Neutralizing antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in immune globulins derived from anti-HCV-positive plasma

Yu, Mei-ying W., Bartosch, Birke, Zhang, Pei, Guo, Zheng-ping, Renzi, Paula M., Shen, Li-ming, ...

The role of humoral immunity in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is uncertain. Nevertheless, there is increasing evidence for neutralizing antibodies to HCV in the serum or plasma of chronically...

Long-Term Persistence of Infection in Chimpanzees Inoculated with an Infectious Hepatitis C Virus Clone Is Associated with a Decrease in the Viral Amino Acid Substitution Rate and Low Levels of Heterogeneity

Fernandez, Javier, Taylor, Deborah, Morhardt, Duncan R., Mihalik, Kathleen, Puig, Montserrat, Rice, Charles M., ...

Two chimpanzees, 1535 and 1536, became persistently infected following inoculation with RNA transcripts from cDNA clones of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Analysis of the HCV genomes from both animals...

New Antiviral Pathway That Mediates Hepatitis C Virus Replicon Interferon Sensitivity through ADAR1

Taylor, Deborah R., Puig, Montserrat, Darnell, Miriam E. R., Mihalik, Kathleen, Feinstone, Stephen M.

While many clinical hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are resistant to alpha interferon (IFN-α) therapy, subgenomic in vitro self-replicating HCV RNAs (HCV replicons) are characterized by marked...

Liver-Directed Gamma Interferon Gene Delivery in Chronic Hepatitis C

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Protzer, Ulrike, Untergasser, Andreas, Feinstone, Stephen M., Rice, Charles M., Hasselschwert, Dana, ...

Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) has been shown to inhibit replication of subgenomic and genomic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNAs in vitro and to noncytolytically suppress hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in...

Cell culture-grown hepatitis C virus is infectious in vivo and can be recultured in vitro

Lindenbach, Brett D., Meuleman, Philip, Ploss, Alexander, Vanwolleghem, Thomas, Syder, Andrew J., McKeating, Jane A., ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease, frequently progressing to cirrhosis and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Current therapies are inadequate and progress in...

Virus-induced type I IFN stimulates generation of immunoproteasomes at the site of infection

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Seifert, Ulrike, Kato, Takanobu, Rice, Charles M., Feinstone, Stephen M., Kloetzel, Peter-M., ...

IFN-γ is known as the initial and primary inducer of immunoproteasomes during viral infections. We now report that type I IFN induced the transcription and translation of immunoproteasome subunits,...

Prophylactic DNA vaccine for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: HCV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte induction and protection from HCV-recombinant vaccinia infection in an HLA-A2.1 transgenic mouse model

Arichi, Tatsumi, Saito, Takafumi, Major, Marian E., Belyakov, Igor M., Shirai, Mutsunori, Engelhard, Victor H., ...

DNA vaccines express antigens intracellularly and effectively induce cellular immune responses. Because only chimpanzees can be used to model human hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, we developed a...

Long-Term Follow-Up of Chimpanzees Inoculated with the First Infectious Clone for Hepatitis C Virus

Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Fernandez, Javier, Seidman, Jessica, Kleiner, David, Kolykhalov, Alexander A., ...

Two chimpanzees (Ch1535 and Ch1536) became infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) following intrahepatic inoculation with RNA transcribed from a full-length cDNA clone of the virus. Both animals were...

Hepatitis C Virus-Encoded Enzymatic Activities and Conserved RNA Elements in the 3′ Nontranslated Region Are Essential for Virus Replication In Vivo

Kolykhalov, Alexander A., Mihalik, Kathy, Feinstone, Stephen M., Rice, Charles M.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a widespread major human health concern. Significant obstacles in the study of this virus include the absence of a reliable tissue culture system and a...

Molecular and Immunological Significance of Chimpanzee Major Histocompatibility Complex Haplotypes for Hepatitis C Virus Immune Response and Vaccination Studies

Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Blaustein, Joshua B., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., Liang, T. Jake, ...

The chimpanzee is a critical animal model for studying cellular immune responses to infectious pathogens such as hepatitis B and C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, and malaria. Several...

Previously Infected and Recovered Chimpanzees Exhibit Rapid Responses That Control Hepatitis C Virus Replication upon Rechallenge

Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Puig, Montserrat, Rehermann, Barbara, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Rice, Charles M., ...

Responses in three chimpanzees were compared following challenge with a clonal hepatitis C virus (HCV) contained in plasma from an animal that had received infectious RNA transcripts. Two of the...

The Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chimpanzees May Not Necessarily Correlate with the Appearance of Acquired Immunity

Thomson, Michael, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Havert, Michael B., Major, Marian, Gonzales, Sophia, Alter, Harvey, ...

Clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in humans and chimpanzees is thought to be associated with the induction of strong T-cell responses. We studied four chimpanzees infected with HCV...

Protein Synthesis and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Can Be Modulated by the Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Protein E2 through the Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2α Kinase PERK

Pavio, Nicole, Romano, Patrick R., Graczyk, Thomas M., Feinstone, Stephen M., Taylor, Deborah R.

The hepatitis C virus envelope protein, E2, is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-bound protein that contains a region of sequence homology with the double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase PKR and...

Kinetics of CD4+ and CD8+ Memory T-Cell Responses during Hepatitis C Virus Rechallenge of Previously Recovered Chimpanzees

Nascimbeni, Michelina, Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Bosmann, Markus, Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., ...

The immunological correlates of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific immunity are not well understood. Antibodies to HCV structural proteins do not appear to play a key role in clearance of the virus and...

Neutralizing antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in immune globulins derived from anti-HCV-positive plasma

Yu, Mei-ying W., Bartosch, Birke, Zhang, Pei, Guo, Zheng-ping, Renzi, Paula M., Shen, Li-ming, ...

The role of humoral immunity in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is uncertain. Nevertheless, there is increasing evidence for neutralizing antibodies to HCV in the serum or plasma of chronically...

Long-Term Persistence of Infection in Chimpanzees Inoculated with an Infectious Hepatitis C Virus Clone Is Associated with a Decrease in the Viral Amino Acid Substitution Rate and Low Levels of Heterogeneity

Fernandez, Javier, Taylor, Deborah, Morhardt, Duncan R., Mihalik, Kathleen, Puig, Montserrat, Rice, Charles M., ...

Two chimpanzees, 1535 and 1536, became persistently infected following inoculation with RNA transcripts from cDNA clones of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Analysis of the HCV genomes from both animals...

New Antiviral Pathway That Mediates Hepatitis C Virus Replicon Interferon Sensitivity through ADAR1

Taylor, Deborah R., Puig, Montserrat, Darnell, Miriam E. R., Mihalik, Kathleen, Feinstone, Stephen M.

While many clinical hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are resistant to alpha interferon (IFN-α) therapy, subgenomic in vitro self-replicating HCV RNAs (HCV replicons) are characterized by marked...

Liver-Directed Gamma Interferon Gene Delivery in Chronic Hepatitis C

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Protzer, Ulrike, Untergasser, Andreas, Feinstone, Stephen M., Rice, Charles M., Hasselschwert, Dana, ...

Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) has been shown to inhibit replication of subgenomic and genomic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNAs in vitro and to noncytolytically suppress hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in...

Cell culture-grown hepatitis C virus is infectious in vivo and can be recultured in vitro

Lindenbach, Brett D., Meuleman, Philip, Ploss, Alexander, Vanwolleghem, Thomas, Syder, Andrew J., McKeating, Jane A., ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease, frequently progressing to cirrhosis and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Current therapies are inadequate and progress in...

Virus-induced type I IFN stimulates generation of immunoproteasomes at the site of infection

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Seifert, Ulrike, Kato, Takanobu, Rice, Charles M., Feinstone, Stephen M., Kloetzel, Peter-M., ...

IFN-γ is known as the initial and primary inducer of immunoproteasomes during viral infections. We now report that type I IFN induced the transcription and translation of immunoproteasome subunits,...

Evidence for a functional RNA element in the hepatitis C virus core gene

McMullan, Laura K., Grakoui, Arash, Evans, Matthew J., Mihalik, Kathleen, Puig, Montserrat, Branch, Andrea D., ...

In the core protein-coding region of hepatitis C virus (HCV), evidence exists for both phylogenetically conserved RNA structures and a +1 alternative reading frame (ARF). To investigate its role in...

Hepatitis C virus epitope-specific neutralizing antibodies in Igs prepared from human plasma

Zhang, Pei, Wu, Charles G., Mihalik, Kathleen, Virata-Theimer, Maria Luisa, Yu, Mei-ying W., Alter, Harvey J., ...

Neutralizing antibodies directed against hepatitis C virus (HCV) are present in Igs made from anti-HCV-positive plasma. However, these HCV-specific Igs are largely ineffective in vivo. The mechanism...