Dr. John Charles Perez MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
BEESTON HILL MEDICAL CENTER CHRISTIANSTED VI, 00820About
Dr. John Perez is a nephrologist practicing in CHRISTIANSTED, VI. Dr. Perez specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Perez 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The efficacy of two antivenoms against the venom of North American snakes.
- Disintegrins.
- Genetic variation of a disintegrin gene found in the American copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix).
- Molecular evolution of PIII-SVMP and RGD disintegrin genes from the genus Crotalus.
- Quantitative analysis of snake venoms using soluble polymer-based isotope labeling.
- Molecular basis of infrared detection by snakes.
- The mojastin mutant Moj-DM induces apoptosis of the human melanoma SK-Mel-28, but not the mutant Moj-NN nor the non-mutated recombinant Moj-WN.
- Functional analysis of a recombinant PIII-SVMP, GST-acocostatin; an apoptotic inducer of HUVEC and HeLa, but not SK-Mel-28 cells.
- Anti-metastatic activity of the recombinant disintegrin, r-mojastin 1, from the Mohave rattlesnake.
- Purification of a phospholipase A(2) from Daboia russelii siamensis venom with anticancer effects.
- Recombinant disintegrin (r-Cam-dis) from Crotalus adamanteus inhibits adhesion of human pancreatic cancer cell lines to laminin-1 and vitronectin.
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