Barbara Testoni

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Barbara Testoni is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Testoni has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Epidemiology, 49 papers in Hepatology and 24 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Testoni's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (55 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (47 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers). Barbara Testoni is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (55 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (47 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers). Barbara Testoni collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. Barbara Testoni's co-authors include Fabien Zoulim, Massimo Levrero, David Durantel, María Guadalupe Martínez, Julie Lucifora, Fanny Lebossé, Roberto Mantovani, Françoise Berby, Pietro Lampertico and Peter Revill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Testoni

74 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection

2025 33 citations Maud Lemoine, Sabela Lens et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Testoni France	29	1.7k	1.4k	689	288	279	77	2.3k
David R. McGivern United States	25	916 0.5×	940 0.7×	639 0.9×	341 1.2×	156 0.6×	44	2.0k
B Ren China	13	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	570 0.8×	263 0.9×	373 1.3×	13	2.4k
Isabel Fofana France	18	755 0.5×	975 0.7×	587 0.9×	204 0.7×	273 1.0×	26	1.9k
Seng-Lai Tan United States	17	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	776 2.7×	176 0.6×	20	2.6k
Zhenming Xu United States	24	970 0.6×	761 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	1.2k 4.2×	280 1.0×	53	2.9k
Takayoshi Ito Japan	20	760 0.5×	903 0.7×	339 0.5×	172 0.6×	155 0.6×	57	1.5k
Bernadette Guerra United States	21	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	367 0.5×	422 1.5×	68 0.2×	29	2.2k
Zhenchao Gao China	10	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	398 0.6×	207 0.7×	244 0.9×	13	2.1k
Maria Teresa Catanese United States	17	958 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	473 0.7×	275 1.0×	125 0.4×	24	1.9k
Rajen Koshy Germany	22	1.3k 0.8×	730 0.5×	552 0.8×	160 0.6×	312 1.1×	39	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Testoni

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Testoni

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Plissonnier, Marie‐Laure, Xavier Grand, Hyosun Tak, et al.. (2024). A molecular standard for circulating HBV RNA detection and quantification assays in patients with chronic hepatitis B. JHEP Reports. 6(10). 101124–101124. 1 indexed citations

Cocca, Massimiliano & Barbara Testoni. (2024). New dimension in viral hepatitis research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). e100136–e100136.

Ndow, Gibril, Ousman Secka, Umberto D’Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Real-Life Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Utility of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Nucleic Acid Testing Using the GeneXpert Point-of-Care Test System from Fresh Plasma and Dry Blood Spot Samples in The Gambia. Microorganisms. 12(11). 2273–2273. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Anuj, et al.. (2024). Applications of CRISPR/Cas as a Toolbox for Hepatitis B Virus Detection and Therapeutics. Viruses. 16(10). 1565–1565. 2 indexed citations

Suarez, Armando Andres Roca, et al.. (2024). After the Storm: Persistent Molecular Alterations Following HCV Cure. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7073–7073. 2 indexed citations

Allweiss, Lena, Barbara Testoni, Yu Mei, et al.. (2023). Quantification of the hepatitis B virus cccDNA: evidence-based guidelines for monitoring the key obstacle of HBV cure. Gut. 72(5). 972–983. 43 indexed citations

Giraud, Guillaume, Maud Michelet, Daniel Jutzi, et al.. (2023). G-quadruplexes control hepatitis B virus replication by promoting cccDNA transcription and phase separation in hepatocytes. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(5). 2290–2305. 12 indexed citations

Smekalova, Elena M., María Guadalupe Martínez, Emmanuel Combe, et al.. (2023). Cytosine base editing inhibits hepatitis B virus replication and reduces HBsAg expression in vitro and in vivo. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 35(1). 102112–102112. 18 indexed citations

Zoulim, Fabien, Barbara Testoni, Brett A. Miles, et al.. (2021). Landscape of oncoviral genotype and co-infection via human papilloma and hepatitis B viral tumor in situ profiling. iScience. 24(4). 102368–102368. 8 indexed citations

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Martínez, María Guadalupe, Anders Boyd, Emmanuel Combe, Barbara Testoni, & Fabien Zoulim. (2021). Covalently closed circular DNA: The ultimate therapeutic target for curing HBV infections. Journal of Hepatology. 75(3). 706–717. 102 indexed citations

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D’Arienzo, Valentina, Guillaume Giraud, James Michael Harris, et al.. (2020). The CCCTC ‐binding factor CTCF represses hepatitis B virus enhancer I and regulates viral transcription. Cellular Microbiology. 23(2). e13274–e13274. 14 indexed citations

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Lens, Sabela, Laura J. Pallett, Barbara Testoni, et al.. (2020). Viral and immune factors associated with successful treatment withdrawal in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients. Journal of Hepatology. 74(5). 1064–1074. 60 indexed citations

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Rivoire, Michel, Grégory Neveu, Antoine Alam, et al.. (2020). Full-length 5'RACE identifies all major HBV transcripts in HBV-infected hepatocytes and patient serum. Journal of Hepatology. 73(1). 40–51. 60 indexed citations

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Lebossé, Fanny, Maëlle Locatelli, Judith Fresquet, et al.. (2020). Quantification and epigenetic evaluation of the residual pool of hepatitis B covalently closed circular DNA in long-term nucleoside analogue-treated patients. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21097–21097. 31 indexed citations

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Burlaud‐Gaillard, Julien, Roxane Lemoine, Christophe Hourioux, et al.. (2019). BAY 41-4109-mediated aggregation of assembled and misassembled HBV capsids in cells revealed by electron microscopy. Antiviral Research. 169. 104557–104557. 17 indexed citations

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Lucifora, Julie, Anna Salvetti, Laurent Mailly, et al.. (2017). Detection of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) covalently-closed-circular DNA (cccDNA) in mice transduced with a recombinant AAV-HBV vector. Antiviral Research. 145. 14–19. 46 indexed citations

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Testoni, Barbara, David Durantel, Fanny Lebossé, et al.. (2015). Ribavirin restores IFNα responsiveness in HCV-infected livers by epigenetic remodelling at interferon stimulated genes. Gut. 65(4). 672–682. 13 indexed citations

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Luangsay, Souphalone, Marion Gruffaz, Nathalie Isorce, et al.. (2015). Early inhibition of hepatocyte innate responses by hepatitis B virus. Journal of Hepatology. 63(6). 1314–1322. 109 indexed citations

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Belloni, Laura, et al.. (2009). 78 MODULATION OF THE EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF CCCDNA FUNCTION CONTRIBUTES TO IFNa INHIBITION OF HBV REPLICATION. Journal of Hepatology. 50. S32–S33. 1 indexed citations

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Testoni, Barbara. (2006). Mechanisms of transcriptional repression of cell-cycle G2/M promoters by p63. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(3). 928–938. 44 indexed citations

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