Administration Basic Sciences Clinical Sciences Centers of Excellence
 
 

James  M.  Hill , Ph.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, Microbiology and Neuroscience
Director of Pharmacology and Infectious Disease
RPB Senior Scientific Investigator

LSU Eye Center
2020 Gravier Street, Suite B
New Orleans, LA 70112-2234
Phone (office): (504) 568-2274
Phone (Lab): (504) 568-2647, Main Lab
Fax: (504) 568-2385
Email: jhill@lsuhsc.edu

Virology and Pharmacology Laboratory

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Research Interests Pathogenesis and chemotherapy of viral and bacterial keratitis; unique drug delivery systems
Selected Publications

As of January 14, 2010, Dr. Hill has 4,732 cumulative citations based on Science Citation Index. These include 32 publications with greater than 50 citations; 14 with 100 citations or more; 7 with 150 citations; and 4 with greater than 250 citations.

Clement C, Bhattacharjee PS, Kaufman HE, Hill JM. Heat-induced reactivation of HSV-1 in latently infected mice: Upregulation in the trigeminal ganglia of predominantly CD83 and other immune response genes and their potential role in the viral LAT-ICPO locus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:2855-61, 2009.

Bhattacharjee PS, Neumann DM, Foster TP, Clement C, Singh G, Thompson HW, Kaufman HE, Hill JM. Effective treatment of ocular HSK with a human apolipoprotein E mimetic peptide in a mouse eye model. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 49(10)4263-8, 2008. PMID: 18515564

Hill JM, Ball MJ, Neumann DM, Azcuy AM, Bhattacharjee PS, Bouhanik S, Clement C, Lukiw WJ, Foster TP, Kumar M, Kaufman HE, Thompson TW. The high prevalence of HSV-1 DNA in human trigeminal ganglia is not a function of age or gender. J Virol, 82(16):8230-34, 2008. http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/reprint/JVI.00686-08v1?view=long&pmid=18550674

Bhattacharjee PS, Neumann DM, Foster TP, Bouhanik S, Clement C, Vinay D, Thompson HW, Hill JM: Effect of human apolipoprotein E genotype on the pathogenesis of experimental ocular HSV-1. Exp Eye Res, 87:122-30, 2008.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18572164?dopt=Citation

Giordani NV, Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, McAnany PK, Hill JM, Bloom DC. During HSV-1 latency in rabbits, an inability to express LAT corresponds to an increased repression of lytic genes: J Virol, 82(12):6056-60, 2008. http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/content/full/82/12/6056?view=long&pmid=18400860

Clement C, Popp MP, Bloom D, Schultz G, Liu L, Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Hill JM. Microarray analysis of host gene expression for comparison between naïve and HSV-1 latent rabbit TG. Mol Vis, 14:1208-1220, 2008. http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v14/a142 

Toma HS, Murina AT, Areaux RG, Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Foster TP, Kaufman HE, Hill JM:  Ocular HSV-1 latency, reactivation and recurrent disease. Sem Ophthalmol, 23(4):249-73, 2008. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18584563?dopt=Citation

Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Giordani NV, Bloom DC, Hill JM. In vivo changes in the patterns of chromatin structure associated with the latent herpes simplex virus type 1 genome in mouse trigeminal ganglia can be detected at early times after butyrate treatment. J Virol 81:13248-13253, 2007. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17881451

Neumann, DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Hill, JM. Sodium butyrate: A chemical inducer of in vivo reactivation of HSV-1 in the ocular mouse model. J Virol 81:6106-6110, 2007.  http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17360760

Cui JG, Hill JM, Zhao Y, Lukiw WJ: Expression of inflammatory genes in the primary visual cortex of late-stage Alzheimer’s disease. NeuroReport. 18: 115-119, 2007.  

Friedman DA, Lukiw WJ, Hill JM: Apolipoprotein E ε4 offers protection against age-related macular degeneration, Med Hypotheses 68: 1047-1055, 2007.  PM:17141963

Hill JM , Bhattacharjee PS, Neumann DM: Apolipoprotein E alleles can contribute to the pathogenesis of numerous clinical conditions including HSV-1 corneal disease. Exp Eye Res 84:801-811, 2007. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17007837

Booth BA, Denham LV, Bouhanik S, Jacob JT, Hill JM.  Sustained release ophthalmic drug delivery systems for treatment of macular disorders:  Present and future applications.  Drug Aging 24:581-602, 2007.  PM:17658909 

Pinnoji RC, Bedadala GR, George B, Holland TC, Hill JM, Hsia SV: Repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor/neuronal restrictive silencer factor (REST/NRSF) can regulate HSV-1 immediate-early transcription via histone modification. Virol J 4:56, 2007.  http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17555596

Myles ME, Neumann DM, Hill JM: Recent progress in ocular drug delivery for posterior segment disease: emphasis on iontophoresis. Adv Drug Deliver Rev 57:2063-2079, 2006. PM:15254144

Kammerman, EM, Neumann DM, Ball MJ, Lukiw W, Hill, JM: Senile plaques in Alzheimer’s diseased brain: possible association of beta-amyloid with HSV-1 L-particles. Med Hypotheses, 66: 294-299,2006. PM:16242250

Bhattacharjee PS,Neumann DM,Stark D, Thompson HW, Hill JM: Apolipoprotein E modulates establishment of HSV-1 latency and survival in a mouse ocular model. Curr Eye Res, 31:703-708, 2006. PM:16966142 

Hill JM , Gebhardt BM, Azcuy AM, Matthews KE, Lukiw WJ, Steiner I, Thompson HW, Ball MJ: Can a herpes simplex virus type 1 neuroinvasive score be correlated to other risk factors in Alzheimer’s disease? Med Hypotheses 64:320-327, 2005.  PM:15607565 

Danaher RJ, Jacob RJ, Steiner MR, Allen WR, Hill JM, Miller CS: Histone deacetylation inhibitors induce reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 in a latency-associated transcript (LAT)-independent manner in neuronal cells. J Neurovirology 11:306-317, 2005. PM:16036811

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