Riaz A Akhtar MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1S085 Summit Ave Villa Park IL, 60181About
Dr. Riaz Akhtar is a cardiologist practicing in Villa Park, IL. Dr. Akhtar specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Akhtar also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Expression of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase during EGF-stimulated wound repair in rabbit corneal epithelium.
- Epidermal growth factor stimulates phospholipase cgamma1 in cultured rabbit corneal epithelial cells.
- Genetic variation of basal iron status, ferritin and iron regulatory protein in mice: potential for modulation of oxidative stress.
- Insulin action in isolated fat cells. I. Effects of divalent cations on the stimulation by insulin of glucose uptake.
- Insulin action in isolated fat cells. I. Effects of divalent cations on the stimulation by insulin of glucose uptake.
- Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide and sodium nitroprusside on epidermal growth factor-stimulated wound repair in rabbit corneal epithelial cells.
- Upregulation of phospholipase Cgamma1 activity during EGF-induced proliferation of corneal epithelial cells: effect of phosphoinositide-3 kinase.
- The effect of digitonin of the stimulation by insulin of glucose uptake by isolated fat cells.
- Effects of isoproterenol and forskolin on carbachol- and fluoroaluminate-induced polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis, inositol trisphosphate production, and contraction in bovine iris sphincter smooth muscle: interaction between cAMP and IP3 second messe
- Stimulation of phospholipase D by phorbol esters and ionomycin in bovine corneal epithelial cells.
- Species differences in the effects of prostanoids on MAP kinase phosphorylation, myosin light chain phosphorylation and contraction in bovine and cat iris sphincter smooth muscle.
- The effect of M & B 22948 on carbachol-induced inositol trisphosphate accumulation and contraction in iris sphincter smooth muscle.
- Species differences in the effects of substance P on inositol trisphosphate accumulation and cyclic AMP formation, and on contraction in isolated iris sphincter of the mammalian eye: differences in receptor density.
- Acetylcholine causes an increase in the hydrolysis of triphosphoinositide pre-labelled with [32P]phosphate or [3H]myo-inositol and a corresponding increase in the labelling of phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidic acid in rabbit iris muscle.
- Acetylcholine causes an increase in the hydrolysis of triphosphoinositide pre-labelled with [32P]phosphate or [3H]myo-inositol and a corresponding increase in the labelling of phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidic acid in rabbit iris muscle.
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