The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
This year the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided between two discoveries of viruses involved in diseases that affect global health. Harald zur Hausen “human papilloma viruses (HPV) causing cervical cancer” and the other half went jointly to Francoise Barre-Sinoussi Luc Montagnier “Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)” , the cause of AIDS.
Zur Hausen published most of his highly cited articles in Elsevier journals, and his discovery has ultimately led to the development of prophylactic vaccines against HPV acquisition.
In recognition of the importance of their work, we are pleased to make the laureates’ key articles published with Elsevier freely available:
Harard zur Hausen
zur Hausen, H.Perspectives of contemporary papillomavirus research
De Villiers, E.-M., Fauquet, C., Broker, T.R., Bernard, H.-U., Zur Hausen, H.Classification of papillomaviruses
Zur Hausen, H.Immortalization of human cells and their malignant conversion by high risk human papillomavirus genotypes
Zur Hausen, H.Papillomavirus infections - A major cause of human cancers
De Villiers, E.-M., Wagner, D., Schneider, A., Wesch, H., Munz, F., Miklaw, H., Zur Hausen, H.Human papillomavirus DNA in women without and with cytological abnormalities: Results of a 5-year follow-up study
Zur Hausen, H.Human genital cancer: Synergism between two virus infections or synergism between a virus infection and initiating events?
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
Coëffier, E., Clément, J.-M., Cussac, V., Khodaei-Boorane, N., Jehanno, M., Rojas, M., Dridi, A., Latour, M., El Habib, R., Barré-Sinoussi, F., Hofnung, M., Leclerc, C.Antigenicity and immunogenicity of the HIV-1 gp41 epitope ELDKWA inserted into permissive sites of the MalE protein
Müller-Trutwin, M.C., Corbet, S., Dias Tavares, M., Hervé, V.M.A., Nerrienet, E., Georges-Courbot, M.-C., Saurin, W., Sonigo, P., Barré-Sinoussi, F.The evolutionary rate of nonpathogenic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVagm) is in agreement with a rapid and continuous replication in vivo
Barré-Sinoussi, F.HIV as the cause of AIDS
Spire, B., Sire, J., Zachar, V., Rey, F., Barre-Sinoussi, F., Galibert, F., Hampe, A., Chermann, J.-C.Nucleotide sequence of HIV1-NDK: A highly cytopathic strain of the human immunodeficiency virus
Ono, K., Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., Chermann, J.-C., Barré-Sinoussi, F.Inhibition of reverse transcriptase activity by a flavonoid compound, 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone
Ellrodt, A., Le Bras Ph., Barre-Sinoussi, F.Isolation of human T-lymphotropic retrovirus (LAV) from Zairian married couple, one with AIDS, one with prodromes
Luc Montagnier
Zennou, V., Petit, C., Guetard, D., Nerhbass, U., Montagnier, L., Charneau, P.HIV-1 genome nuclear import is mediated by a central DNA flap
Quillent, C., Oberlin, E., Braun, J., Rousset, D., Gonzalez-Canali, G., Métais, P., Montagnier, L., Virelizier, J.-L., Arenzana-Seisdedos, F., Beretta, A.HIV-1-resistance phenotype conferred by combination of two separate inherited mutations of CCR5 gen
Blanchard, A., Montagnier, L., Gougeon, M.-L.Influence of microbial infections on the progression of HIV disease
Khatissian, E., Monceaux, V., Cumont, M.-C., Montagnier, L., Hurtrel, B., Chakrabarti, L.Interferon-gamma expression in macaque lymph nodes during primary infection with simian immunodeficiency virus
Lopez, O., Bonnefont-Rousselot, D., Mollereau, M., Olivier, R., Montagnier, L., Emerit, J., Gentilini, M., Delattre, J.Increased plasma thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) before opportunistic infection symptoms in HIV infected individuals
Chakrabarti, L., Baptiste, V., Khatissian, E., Cumont, M.-C., Aubertin, A.-M., Montagnier, L., Hurtrel, B.Limited viral spread and rapid immune response in lymph nodes of macaques inoculated with attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus
