Marion G. Peters, MD
Research Interests
My major interest is in viral hepatitis and the role of the host immune response. My work focuses on interactions among alcohol use, cannabis use and HIV co-infection on outcomes of HCV infection. We are currently evaluating the effect of light and moderate alcohol use, alone or in combination with cannabis, on the severity and rate of progression of liver disease in women co-infected with HCV and HIV. We are also studying adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV/HCV co-infected women and on HCV-specific and innate immune responses in persons co-infected with HCV and HIV. I work within the AIDS Clinical Trial Group to develop clinical trials in viral hepatitis and HIV and within the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) to examine predictors of liver-related morbidity and mortality in a cohort of women with HIV/HCV infection.
Selected Publications
- Cohen MH, Grey D, Cook H, Anastos K, Seaberg E, Augenbraun M, Burian P, Peters M, Young M, French A. Awareness of Hepatitis C status and access to care among women with and at risk for HIV. J Gen Intern Med 2007;22:1689-1694.
- Strickler HD, Howard AA, Peters MG, et al. The Insulin-like Growth Factor Axis and Its Role in Liver Disease Among HCV/HIV Co-infected Women. AIDS 2008:527-531.
- Ishida JH, Peters MG, Jin C, Louie K, Tan V, Bacchetti P, Terrault NA. Influence of cannabis use on severity of hepatitis C disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008:6(1):69-75
- Buxbaum J, Qian P, Allen PM, Peters MG. Hepatitis resulting from liver-specific expression and recognition of self-antigen. J Autoimmunity 2008, in press.
- Professor
- Medicine/Gastroenterology
Research Theme
- Liver Injury and Repair
Contact Information
- marion.peters@
ucsf.edu - Phone: (415) 476-2777
- Fax: (415) 476-0659
- 513 Parnassus Ave.
- Box 0538, S-357
- San Francisco, CA. 94143 - 0538