Cynthia Ko

Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of Washington, United States of America

Cynthia Ko M.D.

Academic positions:
- Assistant Professor of Medicine

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Clinical epidemiology and outcomes research related to gastrointestinal and liver disease, especially as related to screening and prevention of colon cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and gallbladder disease

Any other information:

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Gastroenterology & Hepatology > Biliary Tract (since 11 May 2006)

Cynthia Ko is a Section Head for Biliary Tract, part of the GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://www.uwgi.org/research/

All recent recommendations

• 3.2
  Activation of liver X receptor sensitizes mice to gallbladder cholesterol crystallization.
  Recommended by Rahul Kuver, Cynthia Ko
  
• 3.0
  Risk factors for intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the United States: a population-based case-control study.
  Recommended by Cynthia Ko
  
• 6.0
  Functional variants of the central bile acid sensor FXR identified in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.
  Recommended by Cynthia Ko
  
• 3.2
  Ursodeoxycholic acid improves muscle contractility and inflammation in symptomatic gallbladders with cholesterol gallstones.
  Recommended by Cynthia Ko, Dieter Juengst
  
• 6.0
  Prevention of cholesterol gallstone disease by FXR agonists in a mouse model.
  Recommended by Cynthia Ko
  
• 3.0
  Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation for bile duct stone: immediate and long-term outcomes in 1000 patients.
  Recommended by Cynthia Ko
  
• 3.0
  Weight cycling and risk of gallstone disease in men.
  Recommended by Cynthia Ko
  
• 3.0
  A genomewide search finds major susceptibility loci for gallbladder disease on chromosome 1 in Mexican Americans.
  Recommended by Cynthia Ko