UCSF GI DIVISION FACULTY

Averil Ma, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Director, UCSF Center for Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Address:

Box 0451
University of California
San Francisco, CA 94143

Email:

averil.ma@ucsf.edu

Active Projects:

1. biology of cytokine signaling and inflammation
2. regulation of signal transduction and mucosal immune homeostasis

Techniques in Use:

1. gene targeting in transgenic mice
2. intestinal models of inflammation
3. molecular and cellular immunology

Recent Publications:

Lee EG, Boone DL, Libby S, Chai S, Chien M, Lodolce JP, and Ma A. Failure to regulate TNF induced NF-_B and cell death responses in A20 deficient mice. Science 2000;289:2350-2354.

Boone DL, Turer EE, Lee EG, Ahmad RC, Wheeler MT, Tsui C, Hurley P, Chien M, Chai S, Hitotsumatsu O, McNally E, Pickart C, and Ma A. The Ubiquitin Modifiying Enzyme A20 is Essential for Terminating TLR Signaling.ΚΚ Nature Immunology 2004;5:1052-1060.