Dr. Louis H Philipson MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
180 Harvester Dr Suite 110 Willowbrook IL, 60527About
Dr. Louis Philipson practices Endocrinology in Willowbrook, IL. Dr. Philipson specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Philipson examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Beta-cell ion channels: keys to endodermal excitability.
- Baculovirus-mediated gene transfer into pancreatic islet cells.
- TRP genes: candidates for nonselective cation channels and store-operated channels in insulin-secreting cells.
- beta-Agonists and metabolism.
- Visualizing superoxide production in normal and diabetic rat islets of Langerhans.
- Modeling of Ca2+ flux in pancreatic beta-cells: role of the plasma membrane and intracellular stores.
- Small-conductance calcium-activated K+ channels are expressed in pancreatic islets and regulate glucose responses.
- Direct imaging shows that insulin granule exocytosis occurs by complete vesicle fusion.
- Does the glucose-dependent insulin secretion mechanism itself cause oxidative stress in pancreatic beta-cells?
- A small K+ channel looms large.
- FRET-based voltage probes for confocal imaging: membrane potential oscillations throughout pancreatic islets.
- 5-amino-imidazole carboxamide riboside acutely potentiates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from mouse pancreatic islets by KATP channel-dependent and -independent pathways.
- Adenine nucleotide regulation in pancreatic beta-cells: modeling of ATP/ADP-Ca2+ interactions.
- Delayed-rectifier (KV2.1) regulation of pancreatic beta-cell calcium responses to glucose: inhibitor specificity and modeling.
- Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate dynamics and intracellular calcium oscillations in pancreatic beta-cells.
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