Featured publications
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Hepatitis A outbreak in Barcelona among men who have sex with men (MSM), January-June 2017: A hospital perspective
Authors:Reference: Liver International 2018. -
Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Are We Digging Too Deep?
Authors:Reference: Gastroenterology 2017. -
Oligonucleotide-Lipid Conjugates Forming G-Quadruplex Structures Are Potent and Pangenotypic Hepatitis C Virus Entry Inhibitors In Vitro and Ex Vivo.
Authors:Reference: Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2017. -
Soraphen A: A broad-spectrum antiviral natural product with potent anti-hepatitis C virus activity.
Authors:Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2015. -
A Gaussia Luciferase Cell-Based System to Assess the Infection of Cell Culture- and Serum-Derived Hepatitis C Virus
Authors:Reference: Plos One 2012. -
Interplay between Basic Residues of Hepatitis C Virus Glycoprotein E2 with Viral Receptors, Neutralizing Antibodies and Lipoproteins
Authors:Reference: Plos One 2012. -
Cell Culture Replication of a Genotype 1b Hepatitis C Virus Isolate Cloned from a Patient Who Underwent Liver Transplantation
Authors:Reference: Plos One 2011. -
The level of CD81 cell surface expression is a key determinant for productive entry of hepatitis C virus into host cells.
Authors:Reference: Journal Of Virology 2007. -
Characterization of the early steps of hepatitis C virus infection by using luciferase reporter viruses.
Authors:Reference: Journal Of Virology 2006. -
Construction and characterization of infectious intragenotypic and intergenotypic hepatitis C virus chimeras.
Authors:Reference: Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2006.
Featured Projects
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Estudio de la disfunción de la respuesta inmune adaptativa periférica e intrahepática en las diferentes fases de la infección crónica por el virus de la hepatitis B
Principal investigator: Xavier FornsFunder: Institut d`Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Sede o evento); Instituto de Salud Carlos IIICode: PI18/00079Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 -
Estudio de los factores virológicos e inmunológicos relacionados con la recurrencia de la infección por los virus de la hepatitis C y B tras la interrupción del tratamiento antiviral.
Principal investigator: Xavier Forns BernhardtFunder: Instituto de Salud Carlos IIICode: PI15/00151Duration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2018 -
Plan estratégico nacional de la hepatitis C – Acción CIBER en enfermedad hepática por virus de la hepatitis C (VHC): Impacto del tratamiento con nuevos antivirales en la historia natural de la cirrosis por VHC. Identificación de factores predictivos de no respuesta.
Principal investigator: Xavier FornsFunder: CIBER ENFERMEDADES HEPATICAS Y DIGESTIVAS (CIBEREHD) (Sede o evento)Duration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2018 -
Cultivo del virus de la hepatitis C (genotipos 1 y 3) a partir de suero de pacientes trasplantados hepáticos (TH). Estudio del efecto del TH en la cuasispecie viral mediante pirosecuenciación
Principal investigator: Xavier Forns BernhardtFunder: Institut d`Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Sede o evento); Instituto de Salud Carlos III ; Convocatoria de ayudas de proyectos de investigación en salud 2011 (Programa financiador competitivo)Duration: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2015