Neil W. Toribara, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Education
- Graduate School: University of Rochester School of Medicine, PhD 1982
- Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine, M.D. 1978-1981
- Internship/Residency - Internal Medicine: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
1981-1983 and 1984-1985 - Postdoctoral Fellow - Internal Medicine: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
1983-1984 - Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, 1985-1988
Honors and Awards
- Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship
- Associate Investigator, Department of Veteran’s Affairs
- VA Merit Review Award
- Research Associate, Department of Veteran’s Affairs
Faculty Appointments
- Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 1988-1991
- Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine University of California San
Francisco, 1991-1998 - Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver, 1998-
- Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Denver Health Medical Center,
Research Interests
Molecular biology of gastrointestinal mucins, gastric protection by mucins, colon cancer prevention strategies.
Representative Publications
- Kitamura H, Cho M, Lee BH, Gum JR, Siddiki BB, Ho SB, Toribara NW, Lesuffleur T, Zweibaum A, Kitamura Y, Yonezawa S and Kim YS. Alteration in mucin gene expression and biological properties of HT29 colon cancer cell subpopulations. Eur J Cancer 1996 32A:1788-1796. (download PDF)
- Toribara NW, Ho SB, Gum E, Gum JR, Kim YS. The carboxyl terminal sequence of the human secretory mucin, MUC6: Analysis of the primary amino acid sequence. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:16398-16403. (download PDF)
- Vinhall L, Hill A, Pigny P, Pratt WS, Toribara NW, Gum JR, Kim YS, Porchet N, Aubert JP, Swallow DM. Variable number tandem repeat polymorphism of the mucin genes located in the complex on 11p15.5 Human Genet 1998;102:357-366. (download PDF)
- Bartman AE, Toribara NW, Aubert JP, Niehans GA, Kim YS, Crabtree JE, Ho SB. MUC6 secretory mucin gene expression in tissues exposed to endogenous mucosal damaging agents. J Pathol 1998;186:398-405. (download PDF)
- Ho SB, Shekels LL, Toribara NW, Gipson IK, Kim YS, Purdum PP, Cherwitz DL. Altered mucin core peptide expression in acute and chronic cholecystitis. Dig Dis Sci 2000;45:1061-1071. (download PDF)
- Terdiman JP, Levin TR, Allen B, Gum JR Jr, Fishbach A, Conrad PG, Miller GA, Weinberg V, Bachman R, Bergoffen J, Stembridge A, Toribara NW, Sleisenger MH, Kim YS. The likelihood that early onset colorectal cancer is Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer: a comparison of clinic-based versus population-based case ascertainment. Gastroenterology 2002;122:940-947. (download PDF)
- Rousseau K, Byrne C, Kim YS, Gum JR, Swallow DM, Toribara NW. The complete genomic organization of the human MUC6 and MUC2 mucin genes. Genomics 2004;83:936-939. (download PDF)