Usha Viswanathan

Baruch S. Blumberg Institute — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

10h-index379citations17works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Hepatitis B Virus Studies(9), Hepatitis C virus research(8), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions(3), Computational Drug Discovery Methods(2), Protein Structure and Dynamics(1)

Publications17 total

Computational Approaches to Predict Hepatitis B Virus Capsid Protein Mutations That Confer Resistance to Capsid Assembly Modulators
Viruses·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Identification of novel tetrahydroquinoxaline derived phenyl ureas as modulators of the hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid assembly
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
BMaps: A Web Application for Fragment-Based Drug Design and Compound Binding Evaluation
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling·2023· 2 cited
Structure-based design of selective, orally available salt-inducible kinase inhibitors that stimulate bone formation in mice
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 32 citedOpen Access
Precision Discovery of Novel Inhibitors of Cancer Target HsMetAP1 from Vast Metagenomic Diversity
2022· 2 citedOpen Access
4-Oxooctahydroquinoline-1(2H)-carboxamides as hepatitis B virus (HBV) capsid core protein assembly modulators
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Amino acid residues at core protein dimer-dimer interface modulate multiple steps of hepatitis B virus replication and HBeAg biogenesis
PLoS Pathogens·2021· 21 citedOpen Access
Identification of hepatitis B virus core protein residues critical for capsid assembly, pgRNA encapsidation and resistance to capsid assembly modulators
Antiviral Research·2021· 23 cited
A Putative Amphipathic Alpha Helix in Hepatitis B Virus Small Envelope Protein Plays a Critical Role in the Morphogenesis of Subviral Particles
Journal of Virology·2021· 17 citedOpen Access
Targeting the multifunctional HBV core protein as a potential cure for chronic hepatitis B
Antiviral Research·2020· 96 citedOpen Access
Profiling the circulating mRNA transcriptome in human liver disease
Oncotarget·2020· 21 citedOpen Access
FOSSEE Fellowship 2019: Results of Crowdsourcing and Performance Based Selection
2019· 1 cited
Discovery and Mechanistic Study of a Novel Human-Stimulator-of-Interferon-Genes Agonist
ACS Infectious Diseases·2019· 56 citedOpen Access
CpAMs induce assembly of HBV capsids with altered electrophoresis mobility: Implications for mechanism of inhibiting pgRNA packaging
Antiviral Research·2018· 27 citedOpen Access
Identification of a Novel Inhibitor of Dengue Virus Protease through Use of a Virtual Screening Drug Discovery Web Portal
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling·2014· 58 cited
Hepatitis B transmission event in an English prison and the importance of immunization
Journal of Public Health·2010· 13 cited
Jamaica After Nafta: Trade Options and Sectoral Strategies
Medical Entomology and Zoology·1997

Frequent Co-authors

John L. Kulp(10), Ju‐Tao Guo(9), Jinhong Chang(8), Yanming Du(5), Junjun Cheng(5), Haiqun Ban(4), Nicky Hwang(4), Shuo Wu(4), Zhanying Hu(3), Julia Ma(2), Yan Zhou(2), Yue Luo(2), Yuhuan Li(2), Qiong Zhao(2), Manasa Suresh(2), Jason A. Clement(2), Stephan Menne(2), Gideon F. Tolufashe(2), John L. Kulp(2), Nagraj Mani(1)