Dr. Richard A. Weisiger MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
350 Parnassus Ave Suite 410 San Francisco CA, 94117About
Dr. Richard Weisiger is a gastroenterologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Weisiger specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Weisiger performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Saturable stimulation of fatty acid transport through model cytoplasm by soluble binding protein.
- Induction of hepatic cytosolic fatty acid binding protein with clofibrate accelerates both membrane and cytoplasmic transport of palmitate.
- Carbon monoxide and sepsis: is a toxic gas good for your liver?
- Cytosolic fatty acid binding proteins catalyze two distinct steps in intracellular transport of their ligands.
- A new method for quantitating intracellular transport: application to the thyroid hormone 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine.
- Uptake of palmitate by hepatocyte suspensions: facilitation by albumin?
- Mechanisms of intracellular fatty acid transport: role of cytoplasmic-binding proteins.
- Hepatic transport of a fluorescent stearate derivative: electrochemical driving forces in intact rat liver.
- HCO3(-)-coupled Na+ influx is a major determinant of Na+ turnover and Na+/K+ pump activity in rat hepatocytes.
- Hepatic uptake of protein-bound ligands: extended sinusoidal perfusion model.
- Uptake of corticosterone by the perfused rat liver.
- Thyroxine uptake by perfused rat liver. No evidence for facilitation by five different thyroxine-binding proteins.
- Albumin enhances unidirectional fluxes of fatty acid across a lipid-water interface: theory and experiments.
- Increased sinusoidal volume and solute extraction during retrograde liver perfusion.
- Uptake and metabolism of polymerized albumin by rat liver. Role of the scavenger receptor.
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