Dr. Richard Frank Loeser MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Richard Loeser is a rheumatologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Loeser specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Loeser treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cell surface receptors transmit sufficient force to bend collagen fibrils.
- Estrogen replacement therapy modulation of the insulin-like growth factor system in monkey knee joints.
- Autocrine stimulation by insulin-like growth factor 1 and insulin-like growth factor 2 mediates chondrocyte survival in vitro.
- Chondrocyte integrin expression and function.
- Aging and the etiopathogenesis and treatment of osteoarthritis.
- Functional estrogen receptors in adult articular cartilage: estrogen replacement therapy increases chondrocyte synthesis of proteoglycans and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2.
- Reduction in the chondrocyte response to insulin-like growth factor 1 in aging and osteoarthritis: studies in a non-human primate model of naturally occurring disease.
- Modifiers of change in physical functioning in older adults with knee pain: the Observational Arthritis Study in Seniors (OASIS).
- Mechanisms of chondrocyte adhesion to cartilage: role of beta1-integrins, CD44, and annexin V.
- Nitric oxide-mediated chondrocyte cell death requires the generation of additional reactive oxygen species.
- CD44 and integrin matrix receptors participate in cartilage homeostasis.
- Integrins and cell signaling in chondrocytes.
- The alpha5beta1 integrin provides matrix survival signals for normal and osteoarthritic human articular chondrocytes in vitro.
- Effects of long-term estrogen replacement therapy on osteoarthritis severity in cynomolgus monkeys.
- Detection of nitrotyrosine in aging and osteoarthritic cartilage: Correlation of oxidative damage with the presence of interleukin-1beta and with chondrocyte resistance to insulin-like growth factor 1.
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UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 -San Francisco, CA 94143Get Direction
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