Maria Luisa Virata

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

6h-index452citations13works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Hepatitis C virus research(7), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research(6), Hepatitis B Virus Studies(3), Platelet Disorders and Treatments(3), Skin and Cellular Biology Research(2)

Publications13 total

Antibody responses to a highly conserved peptide in HCV E2 protein correlate with chronicity or spontaneous clearance of HCV infection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2026Open Access
<i>In vitro</i> enhancement of Zika virus infection by preexisting West Nile virus antibodies in human plasma-derived immunoglobulins revealed after P2 binding site-specific enrichment
Microbiology Spectrum·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
International collaborative study to assess new stocks of candidate reference preparations to control the level of anti-D in IVIG
PubMed·2024
Multiple epitopes of hepatitis B virus surface antigen targeted by human plasma‐derived immunoglobulins coincide with clinically observed escape mutations
Journal of Medical Virology·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
A conserved epitope III on hepatitis C virus E2 protein has alternate conformations facilitating cell binding or virus neutralization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Discrete conformations of epitope II on the hepatitis C virus E2 protein for antibody-mediated neutralization and nonneutralization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2014· 42 citedOpen Access
Structural evidence for a bifurcated mode of action in the antibody-mediated neutralization of hepatitis C virus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2013· 53 citedOpen Access
Depletion of interfering antibodies in chronic hepatitis C patients and vaccinated chimpanzees reveals broad cross-genotype neutralizing activity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2009· 139 citedOpen Access
Hepatitis C virus epitope-specific neutralizing antibodies in Igs prepared from human plasma
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2007· 129 citedOpen Access
International collaborative study to assess candidate reference preparations to control the level of anti-D in IVIG for use in Europe and the United States
Biologicals·2006· 6 cited
International collaborative study to evaluate a candidate reference preparation to define an appropriate specified limit of anti‐D in intravenous immunoglobulin products
Vox Sanguinis·2005· 5 cited
Desmoplakins, bullous pemphigoid antigen, and plectin belong to a family of intermediate filamentassociated proteins
The FASEB Journal·1997
Structure and function of desmosomal transmembrane core and plaque molecules
Biophysical Chemistry·1994· 60 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Pei Zhang(8), Lilin Zhong(6), Evi Struble(6), Lu Deng(6), Hailing Yan(6), Harvey J. Alter(5), Stephen M. Feinstone(4), Susan J. Thorpe(3), B. Fox(3), Kathleen Mihalik(2), Mei‐ying W. Yu(2), David Parry(2), Zhong Zhao(2), Sreya Tarafdar(2), Yanqun Xu(2), Yong He(2), Alan Heath(2), Hisayoshi Watanabe(1), A. V. Kachko(1), Marian Major(1)