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'''Research directions''' in the GI laboratory include, but are not limited to:
'''Research directions''' in the GI laboratory include, but are not limited to:


1.Mechanisms and regulations of signal transduction, membrane trafficking and cytoskeletal transformation during acid secretion by gastric parietal cells,
# Mechanism and regulation of gastric acid secretion
 
# Using gastric parietal cell model to study general cell biology
2.Genetics, immunology and cell biology behind the liver inflammation, fibrosis and cirrhosis,
# Pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
 
# Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
3.Immunology of inflammatory bowl diseases. 
 
The ongoing research in the laboratory is focused on the genomics of non-alcoholic liver diseases and the cytoskeletal proteins in gastric parietal cells.

Revision as of 18:10, 18 October 2010

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Lixin ZHU Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director, Research Laboratory, Digestive Disease and Nutrition Center,

Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo,

3435 Main Street, 422 BRB, Buffalo, NY14214

(716) 829-2191 (Office), (716) 829-2192 (Lab), (716) 829-3585 (Fax), (510) 418-8754 (Cell),

[lixinzhu@buffalo.edu] Faculty web page Lab web page


Research directions in the GI laboratory include, but are not limited to:

  1. Mechanism and regulation of gastric acid secretion
  2. Using gastric parietal cell model to study general cell biology
  3. Pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
  4. Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)