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Dr. Nicholas Jay Van wagoner MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Nicholas Van wagoner is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Van wagoner specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interleukin-6 (IL-6) production by astrocytes: autocrine regulation by IL-6 and the soluble IL-6 receptor.
- Interleukin-6 expression and regulation in astrocytes.
- Oncostatin M regulation of interleukin-6 expression in astrocytes: biphasic regulation involving the mitogen-activated protein kinases ERK1/2 and p38.
- ICAM-1-induced expression of proinflammatory cytokines in astrocytes: involvement of extracellular signal-regulated kinase and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.
- Fas engagement increases expression of interleukin-6 in human glioma cells.
- Role of IL-6 and the soluble IL-6 receptor in inhibition of VCAM-1 gene expression.
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