Christine Skibola
Leader, Core C: Toxicogenomics Laboratory
E-mail: chrisfs@berkeley.edu
Tel: (510) 643-5041
Fax: (510) 642-0427
Mailing address:
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
50 University Hall, MC 7356
Berkeley, CA 94720-7356
Web page: http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/metl/people/skibola.htm
Research Interests
- Genetic susceptibility to leukemia and lymphoma.
- Biological effects of dietary phytochemicals on human health and disease with an emphasis on sex hormone metabolism.
Recent Publications
- Hegedus CM, Skibola CF, Warner M, Skibola DR, Alexander D, Lim S, Dangleben NL, Zhang L, Clark M, Pfeiffer RM, Steinmaus C, Smith AH, Smith MT, Moore LE. Decreased urinary beta-defensin-1 expression as a biomarker of response to arsenic. Toxicol Sci. 2008 Nov;106(1):74-82. Epub 2008 May 28.
- Skibola CF, Bracci PM, Halperin E, Nieters A, Hubbard A, Paynter RA, Skibola DR, Agana L, Becker N, Tressler P, Forrest MS, Sankararaman S, Conde L, Holly EA, Smith MT. Polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor 1 and vitamin C and matrix metalloproteinase gene families are associated with susceptibility to lymphoma. PLoS ONE. 2008 Jun 30;3(7):e2816.
- Skibola CF, Nieters A, Bracci PM, Curry JD, Agana L, Skibola DR, Hubbard A, Becker N, Smith MT, Holly EA. A functional TNFRSF5 gene variant is associated with risk of lymphoma. Blood. 2008 Apr 15;111(8):4348-54. Epub 2008 Feb 20.
- Skibola CF, Curry JD, Nieters A. Haematologica. Genetic susceptibility to lymphoma. 2007 Jul;92(7):960-9. Review.
- Skibola CF. Obesity, diet and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Mar;16(3):392-5. Epub 2007 Mar 2. Review.