Aida Habtezion

Publications

• Role of immune cells and immune-based therapies in pancreatitis and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Zheng L, Xue J, Jaffee EM, Habtezion A. Gastroenterology. 2013; 144 (6): 1230-40
• Aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates pancreatic IL-22 production and protects mice from acute pancreatitis. Xue J, Nguyen DT, Habtezion A. Gastroenterology. 2012; 143 (6): 1670-80
• Plasmacytoid dendritic cells transport peripheral antigens to the thymus to promote central tolerance. Hadeiba H, Lahl K, Edalati A, Oderup C, Habtezion A, Pachynski R, Nguyen L, Ghodsi A, Adler S, Butcher EC. Immunity. 2012; 36 (3): 438-50
• Retinoic acid regulates the development of a gut-homing precursor for intestinal dendritic cells. Zeng R, Oderup C, Yuan R, Lee M, Habtezion A, Hadeiba H, Butcher EC. Mucosal Immunol. 2012
• Absence of keratin 8 confers a paradoxical microflora-dependent resistance to apoptosis in the colon. Habtezion A, Toivola DM, Asghar MN, Kronmal GS, Brooks JD, Butcher EC, Omary MB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011; 108 (4): 1445-50
• Heme oxygenase-1 is induced in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with acute pancreatitis: a potential therapeutic target. Habtezion A, Kwan R, Yang AL, Morgan ME, Akhtar E, Wanaski SP, Collins SD, Butcher EC, Kamal A, Omary MB. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2011; 300 (1): G12-20
• Panhematin provides a therapeutic benefit in experimental pancreatitis. Habtezion A, Kwan R, Akhtar E, Wanaski SP, Collins SD, Wong RJ, Stevenson DK, Butcher EC, Omary MB. Gut. 2011; 60 (5): 671-9
• Diabetic gastroparesis: an emerging role for macrophages and heme oxygenase-1. Habtezion A, Wiley JW. Gastroenterology. 2010; 138 (7): 2219-23
• Intermediate filaments take the heat as stress proteins. Toivola DM, Strnad P, Habtezion A, Omary MB. Trends Cell Biol. 2010; 20 (2): 79-91
• Keratins modulate the shape and function of hepatocyte mitochondria: a mechanism for protection from apoptosis. Tao GZ, Looi KS, Toivola DM, Strnad P, Zhou Q, Liao J, Wei Y, Habtezion A, Omary MB. J Cell Sci. 2009; 122 (Pt 21): 3851-5
• CCR9 expression defines tolerogenic plasmacytoid dendritic cells able to suppress acute graft-versus-host disease. Hadeiba H, Sato T, Habtezion A, Oderup C, Pan J, Butcher EC. Nat Immunol. 2008; 9 (11): 1253-60
• DCs metabolize sunlight-induced vitamin D3 to 'program' T cell attraction to the epidermal chemokine CCL27. Sigmundsdottir H, Pan J, Debes GF, Alt C, Habtezion A, Soler D, Butcher EC. Nat Immunol. 2007; 8 (3): 285-93
• CD8+ recent thymic emigrants home to and efficiently repopulate the small intestine epithelium. Staton TL, Habtezion A, Winslow MM, Sato T, Love PE, Butcher EC. Nat Immunol. 2006; 7 (5): 482-8
• Short-term homing assay reveals a critical role for lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 in the hepatic recruitment of lymphocytes in graft-versus-host disease. Sato T, Habtezion A, Beilhack A, Schulz S, Butcher E, Thorlacius H. J Hepatol. 2006; 44 (6): 1132-40
• Cellular integrity plus: organelle-related and protein-targeting functions of intermediate filaments. Toivola DM, Tao GZ, Habtezion A, Liao J, Omary MB. Trends Cell Biol. 2005; 15 (11): 608-17
• Hemin-activated macrophages home to the pancreas and protect from acute pancreatitis via heme oxygenase-1 induction. Nakamichi I, Habtezion A, Zhong B, Contag CH, Butcher EC, Omary MB. J Clin Invest. 2005; 115 (11): 3007-14
• Keratin-8-deficient mice develop chronic spontaneous Th2 colitis amenable to antibiotic treatment. Habtezion A, Toivola DM, Butcher EC, Omary MB. J Cell Sci. 2005; 118 (Pt 9): 1971-80
• Risk factors for low bone density in Crohn's disease. Habtezion A, Silverberg MS, Parkes R, Mikolainis S, Steinhart AH. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2002; 8 (2): 87-92