Basic Research

Basic science research in the division focuses on inflammation and injury, metabolism, and cancer biology. See faculty pages for further detail.

Basic Research Related to Inflammation and Injury

Anti-Viral Immune Responses and Hepatic Inflammation and Injury
Dwain Thiele, MD

Liver Injury and Fibrosis
Don Rockey, MD

Basic Mechanisms of Acute Liver Injury
Yonas Getachew, MD

Molecular Pathophysiology of Inflammation
Ezra Burstein, MD

Molecular Portal Hypertension
Songling Liu, MD
Don Rockey, MD

Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Liver Diseases
Marlyn Mayo, MD

Pathophysiology of Inflammatory Diseases
Geri Brown, MD

Physiology of Liver Cells, Metabolism of Lipids and Glucose
Greg Fitz, MD
Gordon Kilic, PhD

Steatosis, Lipid Metabolism
Jay Horton, MD

Cholesterol and Lipoprotein Metabolism, Neurodegeneration
John Dietschy, MD
Benny Liu, MD

Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism, Sterol Absorption
Stephen Turley, PhD

Gastric Bypass and Intestinal Control of Energy Metabolism
Vincent Aguirre, MD, PhD

Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Jeffrey Browning, MD

Barrett's Esophagus, Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer
Rhonda Souza, MD

Mechanisms of Cellular Immortalization and Carcinogenesis
Andres Roig, MD

Angiogenesis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ian Corbin, PhD, M.Sc