Dr. Lawrence B Schwartz M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
1250 E Marshall Street Internal Medicine Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Lawrence Schwartz is a rheumatologist practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Schwartz 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. Schwartz treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1995
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mast cells and basophils.
- Activity of human monocytes in IgE antibody-dependent surveillance and killing of ovarian tumor cells.
- Tryptase precursors are preferentially and spontaneously released, whereas mature tryptase is retained by HMC-1 cells, Mono-Mac-6 cells, and human skin-derived mast cells.
- IL-4 selectively enhances FcgammaRIII expression and signaling on mouse mast cells.
- Neutralizing endogenous IL-6 renders mast cells of the MCT type from lung, but not the MCTC type from skin and lung, susceptible to human recombinant IL-4-induced apoptosis.
- Recombinant human (rh) stem cell factor and rhIL-4 stimulate differentiation and proliferation of CD3+ cells from umbilical cord blood and CD3+ cells enhance FcepsilonR1 expression on fetal liver-derived mast cells in the presence of rhIL-4.
- Effector cells of anaphylaxis: mast cells and basophils.
- Expression of alpha-tryptase and beta-tryptase by human basophils.
- Diagnosis and classification of mast cell proliferative disorders: delineation from immunologic diseases and non-mast cell hematopoietic neoplasms.
- Effect of sex and haplotype on plasma tryptase levels in healthy adults.
- Human beta-tryptase: detection and characterization of the active monomer and prevention of tetramer reconstitution by protease inhibitors.
- Hypereosinophilic syndrome with hepatobiliary masses and obstructive jaundice.
- TGF-beta 1 inhibits mast cell Fc epsilon RI expression.
- Surface CD88 functionally distinguishes the MCTC from the MCT type of human lung
- Cytokine production by skin-derived mast cells: endogenous proteases are responsible for degradation of cytokines.
Treatments
- Immunodeficiency
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