Robert M Hershberg MD PHD
Geneticist | Clinical Genetics (M.D.)
1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Robert Hershberg practices Genetic Medicine in Seattle, WA. As a geneticist, Dr. Hershberg performs experiments and analyzes data to interpret the inheritance of different traits in patients. A geneticist evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculations, and mutation analysis. Dr. Hershberg carries out studies, tests, and counsels patients with genetic diseases.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, Los Angeles, Ucla Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1992
University of California 1992
Board Certification
Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Polarized expression and function of the costimulatory molecule CD58 on human intestinal epithelial cells.
- Critical role of cAMP response element binding protein expression in hypoxia-elicited induction of epithelial tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
- What's so (Co)stimulating about the intestinal epithelium?
- Ligation of intestinal epithelial CD1d induces bioactive IL-10: critical role of the cytoplasmic tail in autocrine signaling.
- Antigen processing and presentation by intestinal epithelial cells - polarity and complexity.
- Human CD1d associates with prolyl-4-hydroxylase during its biosynthesis.
- The epithelial cell cytoskeleton and intracellular trafficking. V. Polarized compartmentalization of antigen processing and Toll-like receptor signaling in intestinal epithelial cells.
- Taking toll: lipid A mimetics as adjuvants and immunomodulators.
- Structure-activity relationship of synthetic toll-like receptor 4 agonists.
- Colonic bacterial superantigens evoke an inflammatory response and exaggerate disease in mice recovering from colitis.
- Bacterial flagellin is a dominant antigen in Crohn disease.
- Immunotherapy with autologous antigen presenting cells for the treatment of androgen independent prostate cancer.
- Synthetic toll-like receptor 4 agonists stimulate innate resistance to infectious challenge.
- A synthetic TLR4 antagonist has anti-inflammatory effects in two murine models of inflammatory bowel disease.
- Antibodies to CBir1 flagellin define a unique response that is associated
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