By Associate Professor Amany Zekry

Journal articles

Sievert W; Razavi H; Estes C; Thompson AJ; Zekry A; Roberts SK; Dore GJ, 2014, 'Enhanced antiviral treatment efficacy and uptake in preventing the rising burden of hepatitis C-related liver disease and costs in Australia', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 29, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12677

Nguyen N; de Esch C; Cameron B; Kumar RK; Zekry A; Lloyd AR, 2014, 'Positioning of leukocyte subsets in the portal and lobular compartments of hepatitis C virus-infected liver correlates with local chemokine expression', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 29, pp. 860 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12462

Nguyen N; Hampartzoumian T; Cameron B; Palmer C; O'Toole S; Post J; Zekry A; Lloyd A, 2014, 'Regulation of T cell recruitment and inflammation in the human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfected liver', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 29, pp. 1535 - 1543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12543

Nguyen N; Luciani F; Cameron B; Keoshkerian E; Zekry A; Lloyd A, 2012, '801 T CELLS CO-EXPRESSING CCR2, CCR5, CXCR3, AND CXCR6 ARE PREFERENTIALLY ENRICHED IN THE HCV-INFECTED LIVER', Journal of Hepatology, 56, pp. S313 - S313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(12)60813-7

Guirgis M; Nusair F; Bu YM; Yan KK; Zekry A, 2012, 'Barriers Faced by Migrants in Accessing Healthcare for Viral Hepatitis Infection.', Internal Medicine Journal, 42, pp. 491 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02647.x

Guirgis M; Yan KK; Bu YM; Zekry A, 2012, 'General practitioners' knowledge and management of viral hepatitis in the migrant population.', Internal Medicine Journal, 42, pp. 497 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02440.x

Yan K; Zekry A, 2011, 'Standard Therapy for Genotypes 2/3', , pp. 90 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444346343.ch12

Patel K; Jhaveri R; George J; Qiang G; Kenedi C; Brown K; Cates C; Zekry A; Tillmann HL; Elliott L; Kilaru R; Albrecht J; Conrad A; McHutchison J, 2011, 'Open-label, ascending dose, prospective cohort study evaluating the antiviral efficacy of Rosuvastatin therapy in serum and lipid fractions in patients with chronic hepatitis C', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 18, pp. 331 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01310.x

Zeuzem S; Sulkowski MS; Lawitz EJ; Rustgi VK; Rodriguez-Torres M; Bacon BR; Grigorescu M; Tice AD; Lurie Y; Cianciara J; Muir AJ; Cronin PW; Pulkstenis E; Subramanian GM; Mchutchison JG, 2010, 'Albinterferon Alfa-2b Was Not Inferior to Pegylated Interferon-alpha in a Randomized Trial of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1', GASTROENTEROLOGY, 139, pp. 1257 - 1266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2010.06.066

Nelson DR; Benhamou Y; Chuang W-L; Lawitz EJ; Rodriguez-Torres M; Flisiak R; Rasenack JWF; Kryczka W; Lee C-M; Bain VG; Pianko S; Patel K; Cronin PW; Pulkstenis E; Subramanian GM; Mchutchison JG, 2010, 'Albinterferon Alfa-2b Was Not Inferior to Pegylated Interferon-alpha in a Randomized Trial of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 2 or 3', GASTROENTEROLOGY, 139, pp. 1267 - +, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2010.06.062

Palmer CS; Dehart M; Zhang X; Feilotter H; Lloyd A; Zekry A, 2010, 'miR-135a*plays a key role in regulating lipogenesis and inflammation in liver diseases', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 25, pp. A128 - A128, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000283321200338&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Nguyen N; De Esch C; Hampartzoumian T; Zekry A; Lloyd A, 2009, 'Fine positioning of T cell sub-populations in the chronic HCV-infected liver', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 24, pp. A284 - A284, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270551200175&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Palmer C; Zhang X; Feilotter H; Lloyd A; Zekry A, 2009, 'Hepatic micrornas expression in obese subjects with chronic HCV', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 24, pp. A285 - A285, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270551200178&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Nguyen N; Palmer C; Hampartzoumian T; Post J; Zekry A; Lloyd A, 2009, 'Intrahepatic chemokine expression and CD8+T cells in HIV/HCV co-infection compared to HCV mono-infection', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 24, pp. A289 - A289, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270551200187&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Guirgis M; Zekry A; Yan K; Bu YM; Lee A, 2009, 'Chronic hepatitis B infection in an Australian antenatal population: Seroprevalence and opportunities for better outcomes', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 24, pp. 998 - 1001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05841.x

Zekry A, 2009, 'Cytokines and liver injury in chronic HCV genotype 4 infection', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 24, pp. 332 - 335

Ward CL; Dev A; Rigby S; Symonds WT; Patel K; Zekry A; Pawlotsky JM; McHutchison JG, 2008, 'Interferon and ribavirin therapy does not select for resistance mutations in hepatitis C virus polymerase', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 15, pp. 571 - 577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.00980.x

Zekry A; Freiman J, 2008, 'Eltrombopag: Is this "24 karat gold platelet" treatment for thrombocytopenia in cirrhosis associated with hepatitis C?', Hepatology, 47, pp. 1418 - 1421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.22300

Palmer C; Hampartzoumian T; Lloyd AR; Zekry A, 2008, 'A novel role for adiponectin in regulating the immune responses in chronic hepatitis C virus infection', Hepatology, 48, pp. 374 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.22387

Dev A; Kauf T; Zekry A; Patel K; Heller K; Schulman K; McHutchison J, 2008, 'Factors influencing the participation of gastroenterologists and hepatologists in clinical research', BMC Health Services Research, 8, pp. 1 - 11

Yan KK; Dinihan I; Freiman J; Zekry A, 2008, 'Sarcoidosis presenting with granulomatous uveitis induced by pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C', Internal Medicine Journal, 38, pp. 207 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01625.x

Yan KK; Guirgis M; Dinh T; George J; Dev A; Lee A; Zekry A, 2008, 'Treatment responses in Asians and Caucasians with chronic hepatitis C infection', World Journal of Gastroenterology, 14, pp. 3416 - 3420

White IR; Patel K; Symonds WT; Dev A; Griffin P; Tsokanas N; Skehel M; Liu C; Zekry A; Cutler P; Gattu M; Rockey DC; Berrey MM; McHutchison JG, 2007, 'Serum proteomic analysis focused on fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection', Journal of Translational Medicine, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-5-33

Zekry A; Yan K, 2007, 'Is re-treatment with peginterferon alpha-2a and ribavirin effective in patients with relapsed chronic hepatitis C?', NATURE CLINICAL PRACTICE GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY, 4, pp. 12 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0694

Palmer C; Lloyd AR; Zekry A, 2007, 'Effect of adiponectin on the cellular immune response in chronic HCV infection', Hepatology, 46, pp. 440A - 440A

Zekry A; Yan KK, 2007, 'Is re-treatment with peginterferon alpha-2a and ribavirin effective in patients with relapsed chronic hepatitis C?', NATURE CLINICAL PRACTICE GASTROENTEROLOGY and HEPATOLOGY, 4, pp. 12 - 13

Scott D; Freiman J; Zekry A; Vonthethoff LW; Vollmer-Conner U; Hui JM, 2006, 'A novel noninvasive index for prediction of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B virus infection', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21, pp. A300 - A300

Palmer C; Lloyd AR; Yan KK; Hampartzoumian T; Zekry A, 2006, 'Effect of adipokines on T-CELL mediated anti-HCV immune responses', Hepatology, 44, pp. 297A - 298A

Yan KK; George J; Freiman J; Craig P; Hui JM; Zekry A, 2006, 'Enhanced virological responses in genotype 4 hepatitis C virus infection: a case control study', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21, pp. A308 - A308

Yan KK; Dinihan I; Freiman J; Lawrence R; Zekry A, 2006, 'Sarcoidosis presenting with granulomatous uveitis induced by pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21, pp. A323 - A323

Yan KK; Zekry A; Hui JM; Freiman J; George J, 2006, 'Virological responses in Asians receiving combination antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21, pp. A334 - A334

Patel K; Zekry A; McHutchison JG, 2005, 'Steatosis and chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Mechanisms and significance', Clinics in Liver Disease, 9, pp. 399 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cld.2005.05.007

Zekry A; McHutchison JG; Diehl AM, 2005, 'Insulin resistance and steatosis in hepatitis C virus infection', Gut, 54, pp. 903 - 906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2004.059873

Zekry A; Patel K; McHutchison JG, 2005, 'Treatment of acute hepatitis C infection: More pieces of the puzzle?', Journal of Hepatology, 42, pp. 293 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2004.12.012

McHutchison J; Zekry A, 2004, 'Is the current standard therapy for hepatitis C of peginterferon and ribavirin an option for patients coinfected with HIV?', Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1, pp. 70 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0050

Zekry A; Patel K; Muir A; McHutchison JG, 2004, 'Tinkering and tailoring with HCV therapy: Can we get away with less?', Hepatology, 40, pp. 1249 - 1251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.20513

Zekry A; Gleeson M; Guney S; McCaughan GW, 2004, 'A prospective cross-over study comparing the effect of mycophenolate versus azathioprine on allograft function and viral load in liver transplant recipients with recurrent chronic HCV infection', Liver Transplantation, 10, pp. 52 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lt.20000

McCaughan GW; Zekry A, 2004, 'Mechanisms of HCV reinfection and allograft damage after liver transplantation', Journal of Hepatology, 40, pp. 368 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2004.01.014

Zekry A; Whiting P; Crawford DH; Angus PW; Jeffrey GP; Padbury RT; Gane EJ; McCaughan GW; Koorey D; Strasser S; Verran D; Stewart G; Lynch S; Fawcett J; Strong R; Gow P; Berry R; Jones R; Dolan P; Kow L; Harley H; House A; Mictchell A; Munn S; McCall J, 2003, 'Liver transplantation for HCV-associated liver cirrhosis: Predictors of outcomes in a population with significant genotype 3 and 4 distribution', Liver Transplantation, 9, pp. 339 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2003.50063

McCaughan GW; Zekry A, 2003, 'Impact of immunosuppression on immunopathogenesis of liver damage in hepatitis C virus-infected recipients following liver transplantation', Liver Transplantation, 9, pp. S21 - S27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2003.50269

ZEKRY A; WILLIAM R; MCCAUGHAN G, 2003, '33 Microarray analysis of intrahepatic gene expression in different patterns of HCV recurrence post liver transplant', Hepatology, 38, pp. 171 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0270-9139(03)80076-9

McCaughan GW; Zekry A, 2002, 'Pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus recurrence in the liver allograft', Liver Transplantation, 8, pp. s7 - s13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2002.35856

Zekry A; Bishop GA; Bowen DG; Gleeson MM; Guney S; Painter DM; McCaughan GW, 2002, 'Intrahepatic cytokine profiles associated with posttransplantation hepatitis C virus-related liver injury', Liver Transplantation, 8, pp. 292 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2002.31655

Yin JL; Shackel NA; Zekry A; McGuinness PH; Richards C; Van Der Putten K; McCaughan GW; Eris JM; Bishop GA, 2001, 'Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for measurement of cytokine and growth factor mRNA expression with fluorogenic probes or SYBR Green I', Immunology and Cell Biology, 79, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1711.2001.01002.x

McCaughan GW; Zekry A, 2000, 'Effects of immunosuppression and organ transplantation on the natural history and immunopathogenesis of hepatitis C virus infection', Transplant Infectious Disease, 2, pp. 166 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3062.2000.020403.x

Doughty AL; Zekry A; Spencer JD; Turhan S; Painter D; McCaughan GW, 2000, 'Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus infection post-liver transplantation is associated with rapidly changing quasispecies: A single case report', Liver Transplantation, 6, pp. 648 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2000.9740

Conference Papers

Rajapakse J; Khatiwada S; Shen S; Yu KL; Behary J; El-Omar EM; Zekry A, 2025, 'IMPACT OF THE GUT MICROBIOTA ON IMMUNE MODULATION AND RESPONSE TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: INSIGHTS FROM HUMAN AND PRECLINICAL MODELS', in GASTROENTEROLOGY, W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, CA, San Diego, presented at Digestive Disease Week, CA, San Diego, 03 May 2025 - 06 May 2025

Mohammadi F; Hui S; Tsoutsman T; Waller K; Dev A; Jain A; Nguyen J; Prakoso E; Raharjo CV; Nguyen A; Doyle A; Duncan O; Wallace M; Armstrong P; Howell J; Roberts S; Clayton-Chubb D; George J; Sharma K; Di Bartolomeo A; O'Neill R; Lockart I; Thomas JA; Smith N; Andelkovic V; Wood M; Peacock G; Gofton C; Karapetis C; Miller A; Zekry A; O'Beirne J; Vaux L; Strasser S, 2025, 'A real world multi-centre study of effectiveness and safety of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab for hepatocellular carcinoma', in JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 29 - 30

Wong F; Choudhury A; Xie Q; Kamath PS; Topazian M; Hayes P; Torre A; Desalegn H; Idilman R; alvares-da-Silva M; George J; Sarin SK; Alexopoulou A; Saraya A; Dincer D; Takkenberg RB; Haktaniyan B; Sonavane A; Sharma M; Asrani S; Wei L; Cao Z; Yan L; Gonzalez-Huezo MS; Goel A; Lohoues MJ; Thanapirom K; Kumar S; Ling DHW; Liu J; Jothimani D; Wegermann K; Uysal A; Yildirim AE; Leith D; Cordova-Gallardo J; Tellez FF; Farias A; Michalczuk MT; Barbero M; Victor L; Gutierrez OM; Marciano S; Made LT; Pineda AR; Jhaveri A; Prudence A; Nyam PD; Anand AC; Davison S; Aslan R; Bayne D; Gao H; Thuluvath PJ; Ucbilek E; Allah BH; Li B; Wang J; Allam D; Venkatachalapathy SV; Duseja AK; Benitez C; Riordan S; Faulkes R; Adebayo D; Yung D; Kim YS; Si HL; Dhiman RK; Dong F; Deng H; Yin D; Liu C; Tan HK; Macquillan G; Arora A; Zekry A; Katchman H; Zhu C; Su M; Rao Q; Lu M; Wang X; Wu L; Peng F; Zhao C; Xu Z; Guan J; Guo F; Bettinger D; Bhavani R; Tandon P; Faisal N; Rahematpura S; Negrillo RC; Filipek N; Albhaisi S; Thacker L; Bush B; Bajaj J, 2025, 'Acute-on-chronic kidney disease in cirrhosis-a global study', in JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, ELSEVIER

Idilman R; Haktaniyan B; Choudhury AK; Kamath P; Wong F; Alvares-da-Silva M; Xie Q; George J; Topazian M; Hayes P; Seto W-K; Torre A; Mekonnen HD; Yildirim AE; Barutcu S; Goel A; Eapen C; Allah B; Debzi N; Cordova Gallardo J; Thanapirom K; Teerasarntipan T; Zhao C; Wang W; Sarin SK; Tudehope F; Farias A; Ziteli P; Felix-Tellez F; Ruiz Velasco JV; MacQuillan G; Al-Tamimi H; Reddy KR; Rahematpura S; Rajoriya N; Faulkes R; Roy A; Dhiman R; Pereira G; Victor L; Fallahzadeh MA; Asrani S; Jothimani D; Rela M; Nagral A; Sonavane A; Prudence A; Gibson R; Zekry A; Lohoues MJ; Lah PR; Wang X; Gao Y; Yin D; Wang L; Guo F; Wang X; Xu B; Wei LL; Xu Z; Gao Z; Gao H; Lin M; Ho WLD; Wong YJ; Zhu C; Wang Y; Tang H; Yan L; Liu C; Zhang Y; Deng H; Hu P; Guan J; Xian Y; Peng F; Jiang Y; Zhang N; Zhang W; Rao Q; Wu X; Montserrat Made L; Male-Velazquez R; Keaveny A; Doyle A; Si HL; Bera C; Xie Q; Cao Z; Su M; Su M; Liu J; Zheng X; Kulkarni A; Sharma M; Verna E; Dong F; Li H; Lu M-Q; Cai Y; Li B; Chen J; Mostafa AM; Fouad Y; Arora A; Kumar A; Leith D; Forrest E; Perez-Hernandez J; Morales Gutierrez O; Aravinthan A; Venkatachalapathy S; Shaw J; Bravo Cabrera A; Gonzalez-Huezo MS; Alexopoulou A; Mani I; Gadano A; Marciano S; Fisseha H; Uysal A; Karasu Z; Wegermann K; Kappus M; Hossen MF; Alam S; Castillo M; Gofton C; Kim YS; Oliveira JR; Mendes L; Dincer D; Adanir H; Rutaganda E; Ingabire Z; Yung D; Saraya A; Yegurla J; Labenz C; Gairing SJ; Tudehope F; Feller R; Valsan AK; Payawal D; Ong N; Arsyad NMN; Rajaram R; Demirtas CO; Yapici HB; Wu L; Zhang Y; Bobat B; Rodriguez Gazar MM; Dahiya M; Tandon P; Wang J; Li J; Roy A; Goenka M; Mondlane L; Tarmamade M; Ucbilek E; Kosay T; Kumar S; Faisal N; Anand A; Praharaj D; Thuluvath P; Sheshadri S; Thacker L; Bush B; Bajaj J, 2024, 'MAJOR VARIATIONS IN 90-DAY MORTALITY POST-HOSPITAL DISCHARGE AMONG INPATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY FOR THE CLEARED CONSORTIUM', in HEPATOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, CA, San Diego, pp. S1970 - S1973, presented at The Liver Meeting, CA, San Diego, 15 November 2024 - 19 November 2024

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