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Charina Ramirez

Associate Program Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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History

Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Fellowship
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Pediatric Gastroenterology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2007–2010
Children's Health - Children's Medical Center of Dallas
2003–2004
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine
1999–2003

Research

Cyclodextrin overcomes the transport defect in nearly every organ of NPC1 mice leading to excretion of sequestered cholesterol as bile acid
Journal of Lipid Research · 2010 · 142 citations
Weekly cyclodextrin administration normalizes cholesterol metabolism in nearly every organ of the Niemann-Pick type C1 mouse and markedly prolongs life
Pediatric Research · 2010 · First of 8 authors · 131 citations
Unesterified cholesterol accumulation in late endosomes/lysosomes causes neurodegeneration and is prevented by driving cholesterol export from this compartment
Journal of Neuroscience · 2011 · 131 citations

Benny Liu
6 papers
John Dietschy
4 papers
Amal Aqul
3 papers · 2 as a fellow
Dennis Burns
3 papers
Jennifer Panganiban
3 papers
Samar Ibrahim
3 papers
Arthur Weinberg
2 papers
EM
Erin Mauney
2 papers
Phillipp Hartmann
2 papers
Rohit Kohli
2 papers
Sara Hassan
2 papers
SK
Sara Karjoo
2 papers

Clinical trials

Low Carbohydrate Diet: The Effects on Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Teens With Metabolic Syndrome
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2014–2016