Dr. Ian R. Rifkin M.D., PHD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
725 Albany St Shapiro 7, Suite A Boston MA, 02118About
Dr. Ian Rifkin is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Rifkin specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Rifkin most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
University of The Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences,Parktown, South Africa 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Double mutant MRL-lpr/lpr-gld/gld cells fail to trigger lpr-graft-versus-host disease in syngeneic wild-type recipient mice, but can induce wild-type B cells to make autoantibody.
- Fas and Fas ligand in autoimmunity.
- Toll-like receptors and activation of autoreactive B cells.
- T-bet: the Toll-bridge to class-switch recombination?
- Toll-like receptor 9-dependent and -independent dendritic cell activation by chromatin-immunoglobulin G complexes.
- The stimulation of Toll-like receptors by nuclear antigens: a link between apoptosis and autoimmunity.
- Comparison of CpG s-ODNs, chromatin immune complexes, and dsDNA fragment immune complexes in the TLR9-dependent activation of rheumatoid factor B cells.
- RNA-associated autoantigens activate B cells by combined B cell antigen receptor/Toll-like receptor 7 engagement.
- Lupus nephritis.
- B cells and dendritic cells from V kappa 8 light chain transgenic mice activate MRL-lpr/gld CD4+ T cells.
- Simvastatin treatment ameliorates autoimmune disease associated with accelerated atherosclerosis in a murine lupus model.
- DNA and RNA autoantigens as autoadjuvants.
- Immunologically active autoantigens: the role of toll-like receptors in the
- Murine dendritic cell type I IFN production induced by human IgG-RNA immune complexes is IFN regulatory factor (IRF)5 and IRF7 dependent and is required for IL-6 production.
- Rhabdomyolysis associated with lithium-induced hyperosmolal state.
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