Dr. Scott Dennis Dufresne M.D.
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
200 Lothrop St Division Of Hematopa Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Scott Dufresne is a pathologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Dufresne is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Dufresne can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Dufresne may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Tufts University School of Medicine 2007
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP- Hematology Pathology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Skeletal muscle contractile activity in vitro stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling.
- Exercise and insulin cause GLUT-4 translocation in human skeletal muscle.
- Exercise modulates postreceptor insulin signaling and glucose transport in muscle-specific insulin receptor knockout mice.
- Altered extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling and glycogen metabolism in skeletal muscle from p90 ribosomal S6 kinase 2 knockout mice.
- The muscle-specific protein phosphatase PP1G/R(GL)(G(M))is essential for activation of glycogen synthase by exercise.
- Insulin resistance and lipodystrophy in mice lacking ribosomal S6 kinase 2.
- Overexpression or ablation of JNK in skeletal muscle has no effect on glycogen synthase activity.
- BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation screening using SmartCycler II high-resolution melt curve analysis.
- Quantitative assessment of the BCR-ABL transcript using the Cepheid Xpert BCR-ABL Monitor assay.
- Effects of exercise and insulin on mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways in rat skeletal muscle.
- Contractile activity stimulates the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase pathway in rat skeletal muscle.
- Epinephrine and insulin stimulate different mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways in rat skeletal muscle.
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