Gene LeSage

Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, United States of America

Gene D. LeSage, M.D.

Academic positions:
- Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Chief, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Gastroenterology Division
- Hospital positions at Memorial Hermann Hospital, LBJ Harris County Hospital, Houston, TX

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

Research interests:
Cholangiocytes, transport, and bile duct injury

Any other information:
Dr Le Sage's society memberships include:
- Local: GI Research Forum, Harris County Medical Society
- Regional: Texas Medical Association
- National: American Medical Association, American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for the Study of Liver, Diseases, American Physiological Society

He holds a number of editorial positions: Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Hepatology, American Journal of Physiology, PNAS, American Journal of Pathology, Laboratory Investigation, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, American Journal of Gastroenterology. He was also a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health: 2002 NIH SBIR study section (Oct).

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Gastroenterology & Hepatology > Biliary Tract (since 06 December 2006)

Links

http://www.uth.tmc.edu/schools/med/imed/gastro/director&.htm

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Rac1 activation controls nuclear localization of beta-catenin during canonical Wnt signaling.
  Recommended by Gene LeSage with Xuefeng Xia
  
• 3.0
  Opposing effects of retinoic acid on cell growth result from alternate activation of two different nuclear receptors.
  Recommended by Gene LeSage with Xuefeng Xia
  
• 3.0
  Dok1 mediates high-fat diet-induced adipocyte hypertrophy and obesity through modulation of PPAR-gamma phosphorylation.
  Recommended by Gene LeSage with Xuefeng Xia
  
• 4.8
  Isolation of rare circulating tumour cells in cancer patients by microchip technology.
  Recommended by Gene LeSage with Xuefeng Xia, Christos Sotiriou with Michail Ignatiadis
  
• 3.0
  A histone lysine methyltransferase activated by non-canonical Wnt signalling suppresses PPAR-gamma transactivation.
  Recommended by Gene LeSage with Dr Xuefeng Xia
  
• 6.0
  Hedgehog-mediated mesenchymal-epithelial interactions modulate hepatic response to bile duct ligation.
  Recommended by Gene LeSage