Dr. Thiennu Huy Vu MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1001 Potrero Avenue Rm 5k1 San Francisco CA, 94110Rating
5/5
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Dr. Thiennu Vu practices Pulmonology in San Francisco, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Vu manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- New insights into saccular development and vascular formation in lung allografts under the renal capsule.
- Epidermal growth factor receptor-deficient mice have delayed primary endochondral ossification because of defective osteoclast recruitment.
- [Embryonic lung cell allografts under the renal capsule--a new model for the study of lung development].
- Mechanisms and regulation of lung vascular development.
- Vascular endothelial growth factor co-ordinates proper development of lung
- Epidermal development and wound healing in matrix metalloproteinase 13-deficient mice.
- Identification of P311 as a potential gene regulating alveolar generation.
- Parabronchial smooth muscle cells and alveolar myofibroblasts in lung development.
- Epithelial-vascular cross talk mediated by VEGF-A and HGF signaling directs primary septae formation during distal lung morphogenesis.
- P311 functions in an alternative pathway of lipid accumulation that is induced by retinoic acid.
- Ablation of lung epithelial cells deregulates FGF-10 expression and impairs lung branching morphogenesis.
- Complementary interplay between matrix metalloproteinase-9, vascular endothelial growth factor and osteoclast function drives endochondral bone formation.
- Integrin α6β4 identifies an adult distal lung epithelial population with regenerative potential in mice.
- mSmile is necessary for bronchial smooth muscle and alveolar myofibroblast development.
- VEGF and endothelium-derived retinoic acid regulate lung vascular and alveolar development.
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