Dr. Andrew Paul Somlyo MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1145 Broadway Seattle WA, 98122About
Dr. Andrew Somlyo is a nephrologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Somlyo specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Somlyo most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pharmacomechanical coupling: the role of calcium, G-proteins, kinases and phosphatases.
- Kinases, myosin phosphatase and Rho proteins: curiouser and curiouser.
- Parallel electron energy-loss spectroscopy free from gain variation.
- Quantitative electron probe microanalysis of biological thin sections: methods and validity.
- How RhoGDI binds Rho.
- Effects of cytochaslasin B and colcemide on myogenic cultures.
- Optimizing the window size for multiple least squares fitting of electron energy loss spectra.
- Electron probe x-ray analysis of single ferritin molecules.
- Signal transduction by G-proteins, rho-kinase and protein phosphatase to smooth muscle and non-muscle myosin II.
- Calcium-containing structures in vertebrate glial cells. Ultrastructural and microprobe analysis.
- Structural characteristics, mechanisms of contraction, innervation and proliferation of smooth muscle cells. Ultrastructure and function of vascular smooth muscle.
- Golgi organelle response to the antibiotic X537A.
- Phosphorylation of telokin by cyclic nucleotide kinases and the identification of in vivo phosphorylation sites in smooth muscle.
- Smooth muscle differentiation marker gene expression is regulated by RhoA-mediated actin polymerization.
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