Dr. Dean Takao Yamaguchi M.D., PH.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
11301 Wilshire Blvd Research Service 151 Los Angeles CA, 90073About
Dr. Dean Yamaguchi is a nephrologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Yamaguchi specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Yamaguchi 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Serial passage of MC3T3-E1 cells alters osteoblastic function and responsiveness to transforming growth factor-beta1 and bone morphogenetic protein-2.
- Effect of serial passage on gene expression in MC3T3-E1 preosteoblastic cells: a microarray study.
- Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) alter connexin 43 phosphorylation in MC3T3-E1 Cells.
- Morphologic and molecular evidence for gap junctions and connexin 43 and 45 expression in annulus fibrosus cells from the human intervertebral disc.
- Inhibition of gap junction intercellular communication by extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields in osteoblast-like models is dependent on cell differentiation.
- Extracellular matrix alters the relationship between tritiated thymidine incorporation and proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells during osteogenesis in vitro.
- Overexpression of BMP-2 modulates morphology, growth, and gene expression in osteoblastic cells.
- Retinoids inhibit squamous cell carcinoma growth and intercellular communication.
- Antidiabetic actions of arachidonic acid and zinc in genetically diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats.
- Mechanism of pH regulation of connexin 43 expression in MC3T3-E1 cells.
- Anti-hyperglycemic activity of zinc plus cyclo (his-pro) in genetically diabetic Goto-Kakizaki and aged rats.
- Osteopontin is a negative regulator of proliferation and differentiation in MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblastic cells.
- BMP-2 exerts differential effects on differentiation of rabbit bone marrow stromal cells grown in two-dimensional and three-dimensional systems and is required for in vitro bone formation in a PLGA scaffold.
- Serial passage of MC3T3-E1 cells down-regulates proliferation during osteogenesis in vitro.
- Regulation of proliferation and migration in retinoic acid treated C3H10T1/2 cells by TGF-beta isoforms.
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