Dr. Leighton Rolston James MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
655 W 8th St Ufjp Nephrology Jacksonville FL, 32209About
Dr. Leighton James is a nephrologist practicing in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. James specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. James 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Toronto, Fac of Med, Toronto, Ont, Canada 1994
University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Flux through the hexosamine pathway is a determinant of nuclear factor kappaB- dependent promoter activation.
- Cardiac hypertrophy and sudden death in mice with a genetically clamped renin transgene.
- Lifelong genetic minipumps.
- Kidney cysts, pancreatic cysts, and biliary disease in a mouse model of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
- Homocysteine-induced macrophage inflammatory protein-2 production by glomerular mesangial cells is mediated by PI3 Kinase and p38 MAPK.
- Influence of glucosamine on glomerular mesangial cell turnover: implications for hyperglycemia and hexosamine pathway flux.
- α-Lipoic acid protects diabetic apolipoprotein E-deficient mice from nephropathy.
- Reduced expression of lipoic acid synthase accelerates diabetic nephropathy.
- Acute Kidney Injury due to Crescentic Glomerulonephritis in a Patient with Polycystic Kidney Disease.
- Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression modulates response to high glucose.
- Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) presenting with an unusually prolonged period of marked polyuria heralded by an abrupt oliguric phase.
- The bumpy lumpy kidney that dumped protein: granulomatous glomerular and tubulointerstitial nephritis.
- Tuberous Sclerosis and Bilateral Renal Angiomyolipomas: A Case Report and Literature Review of Emerging Treatment Strategies.
- Influence of Different Levels of Lipoic Acid Synthase Gene Expression on Diabetic
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