Dr. Jorge A Pereira MD
Family Practitioner
8840 Sw 40th St Suite 200 Miami FL, 33165Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Jorge Pereira is a family practitioner practicing in Miami, FL. Dr. Pereira specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Pereira possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
C.E.T.E.C. University School of Med-Santo Domingo 1982
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras Facultad de Ciencias Medicas 1982
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Essential and distinct roles for cdc42 and rac1 in the regulation of Schwann cell biology during peripheral nervous system development.
- Integrin-linked kinase is required for radial sorting of axons and Schwann cell remyelination in the peripheral nervous system.
- Schwann cell precursors from nerve innervation are a cellular origin of melanocytes in skin.
- Gelsolin is required for macrophage recruitment during remyelination of the peripheral nervous system.
- Pals1 is a major regulator of the epithelial-like polarization and the extension of the myelin sheath in peripheral nerves.
- Dlg1-PTEN interaction regulates myelin thickness to prevent damaging peripheral nerve overmyelination.
- Dicer in Schwann cells is required for myelination and axonal integrity.
- HDAC1 and HDAC2 control the transcriptional program of myelination and the survival of Schwann cells.
- Molecular mechanisms regulating myelination in the peripheral nervous system.
- LITAF (SIMPLE) regulates Wallerian degeneration after injury but is not essential for peripheral nerve development and maintenance: implications for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
- Myelin is dependent on the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 4H disease culprit protein FRABIN/FGD4 in Schwann cells.
- Muscle-specific function of the centronuclear myopathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy-associated dynamin 2 is required for proper lipid metabolism, mitochondria, muscle fibers, neuromuscular junctions and peripheral nerves.
- The Gdap1 knockout mouse mechanistically links redox control to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
- Profilin 1 is required for peripheral nervous system myelination.
- mTORC1 controls PNS myelination along the mTORC1-RXRgamma-SREBP-lipid
Treatments
- Glaucoma
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- Bladder Cancer
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Colon Polyps
- Vascular Disease
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