Dr. Helen H Hobbs MD
Geneticist | Clinical Molecular Genetics
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390Rating
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About
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D. is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She o ...
Education and Training
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1979
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transgenic mice expressing a human apolipoprotein[a] allele.
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids up-regulate hepatic scavenger receptor B1 (SR-BI) expression and HDL cholesteryl ester uptake in the hamster.
- Lipoprotein(a): intrigues and insights.
- Developmental and hormonal regulation of murine scavenger receptor, class B, type 1.
- Human growth hormone increases apo(a) expression in transgenic mice.
- Transport of lipids from high and low density lipoproteins via scavenger receptor-BI.
- Accumulation of dietary cholesterol in sitosterolemia caused by mutations in adjacent ABC transporters.
- Determinants of human apolipoprotein [a] secretion from mouse hepatocyte cultures.
- Autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia caused by mutations in a putative LDL receptor adaptor protein.
- Sequence diversity in genes of lipid metabolism.
- Mutations in ATP-cassette binding proteins G5 (ABCG5) and G8 (ABCG8) causing sitosterolemia.
- Heritability of plasma noncholesterol sterols and relationship to DNA sequence polymorphism in ABCG5 and ABCG8.
- Autosomal recessive hypercholesterolaemia in Sardinia, Italy, and mutations in ARH: a clinical and molecular genetic analysis.
- Coexpression of ATP-binding cassette proteins ABCG5 and ABCG8 permits their transport to the apical surface.
- Overexpression of ABCG5 and ABCG8 promotes biliary cholesterol secretion and reduces fractional absorption of dietary cholesterol.
Awards
- 2007 American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist Award
- 2012 International Atherosclerosis Society Prize
- 2006 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2005 Heinrich Wieland Prize, 2005
- 2004 Institute of Medicine, 2004
- 1997 The Association of American Physicians, 1997
- 1991 American Society of Clinical Investigation, 1991
Treatments
- Diabetes, Metabolism
- Birth Defects
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Clinical Investigation
- Member American Society of Human Genetics
- Member Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Disease Council of the American Heart Association
- Member The Association of American Physicians
Fellowships
- Parkland Health & Hospital System, Endocrinology & Metabolism 1986
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