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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
Pathology
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Faculty

Geetha Habib, Ph.D. Associate Professor

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Education

  • Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Training

  • University of Chicago, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Area of Interest

  • Molecular Pathology

  • Cell injury

  • Gene Expression

Current Position

  • Associate Professor

Membership on professional organizations

  • American Society of Cell Biology

  • American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  • American Society of Investigative Pathology

Representative Publications

  1. Habib G.M., Shi, Z.Z, and Lieberman, M.W. Glutathione protects cells against arsenite-induced toxicity. Free Rad. Biol. Med. (In press)., 2006
  2. Zhang, D.D., Lo, S-C., Habib, G.M., Lieberman, M.W., and Hannink, M. (2005) Ubiquitination of Keap1, a BTB-Kelch substrate adaptor protein for Cul3, targets Keap1 for degradation by a proteasome-independent pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 280:30091-30099., 2005
  3. Habib, G.M., Shi, Z.Z., Cuevas, A.A., and Lieberman, M.W. Identification of two additional members of the membrane-bound dipeptidase family FASEB J. 17:1313-1315., 2003
  4. Rojas, E., Shi, Z.Z., Valverde, M., Paules, R.S., Habib, G.M., and Lieberman, M.W. Cell survival and changes in gene expression in cells unable to synthesize glutathione. Biofactors 17:13-19., 2003
  5. Rojas, E., Shi, Z.Z., Valverde, M., Paules, R.S., Habib, G.M., and Lieberman, M.W. Cell survival and changes in gene expression in cells unable to synthesize glutathione. In: Thiol metabolism and redox regulation of cellular functions, pp14-21, IOS press, Amsterdam., 2002
  6. Han, B., Shi, Z.Z., Barrios, R., Habib, G.M., Sifers, R.N., Atwood., and Lieberman, M.W. ?-glutamyl leukotrienase, a novel capillary/sinusoidal endothelial membrane protein, is specifically responsible for intravascular leukotriene D4 synthesis. Am. J. Pathol. 161:481-490., 2002
  7. Habib, G.M., and Lieberman, M.W. Dipeptidases In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine 5:1049-1051 John Wiley & Sons, New York
  8. Z.Z.Shi., Han, B., Habib, G.M., Matzuk, M.M., and Lieberman, M.W. Disruption of??-glutamyl leukotrienase results in disruption of LTD4 synthesis in vivo and attenuation of acute inflammatory response. Mol.Cell.Biol. 21:5389-5395., 2001
  9. Habib, G.M., Shi, Z.Z., Ou, C.N., Kala, G., Kala, S.V., and Lieberman, M.W. Altered gene expresion in the liver of ?-glutamyl transpeptidase-deficient mice. Hepatology 32: 556-562., 2000