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Stellate cell
The basic science research interests of the faculty in the division of Digestive and Liver Diseases are many and varied.
Inflammation and infectious diseases:
Anti-viral immune responses (Dr. Dwain Thiele)
Liver injury and fibrosis (Rockey Lab - upper image)
Mechanisms of opioid immunomodulation (Dr. Bonnie Miller)
Molecular biology of hepatitis B (Dr. Margherita Melegari)
Molecular portal hypertension (Dr. Sonling Liu and Dr. Don Rockey)
Pathogenesis of autoimmune liver diseases (Dr. Marlyn Mayo)
Pathophysiology of inflammatory diseases (Dr. Geri Brown)
Cancer:
Barrett's esophagus, molecular mechanisms of cancer (Dr. Kathy Hormni-Carver and Dr. Rhonda Souza)
Mechanisms of cellular immortalization and carcinogenesis (Dr. Andres Roig - middle image)
Metabolism:
Physiology of liver cells, metabolism of lipids and glucose (Dr. Greg Fitz)
Steatosis, lipid metabolism (Horton Lab - lower image)
Cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism, neurodegeneration (Dr. John Dietschy)
Cholesterol and bile acid metabolism, sterol absorption (Dr. Stephen Turley)
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