Dr. Karen Marie Lyons M.D.
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT)
219 N. BROAD STREET PHILADELPHIA PA, 19107About
Dr. Karen Lyons is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor, also known as an otolaryngologist, practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Lyons specializes in diseases and disorders of the ear, nose and throat as well as other parts of the head and neck. Such structures an ENT may work on include the sinuses, larynx (voice box) and mouth in addition to the ear, nose and throat. There are seven areas of expertise that an ENT might specialize in, and these are: allergies; facial reconstructive surgery; head and neck; laryngology; otology/neurotology; pediatric otolaryngology; and rhinology.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1979
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1979
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- BMP signaling is required for septation of the outflow tract of the mammalian heart.
- Tempting fate: BMP signals for cardiac morphogenesis.
- Autoregulation of neurogenesis by GDF11.
- Connective tissue growth factor coordinates chondrogenesis and angiogenesis during skeletal development.
- Multiple functions of BMPs in chondrogenesis.
- CCN2 (connective tissue growth factor) promotes fibroblast adhesion to fibronectin.
- Connective tissue growth factor expression and Smad signaling during mouse heart development and myocardial infarction.
- Signaling through BMP type 1 receptors is required for development of interneuron cell types in the dorsal spinal cord.
- Distinct developmental programs require different levels of Bmp signaling during mouse retinal development.
- Bmpr1a and Bmpr1b have overlapping functions and are essential for chondrogenesis in vivo.
- Sirenomelia in Bmp7 and Tsg compound mutant mice: requirement for Bmp signaling in the development of ventral posterior mesoderm.
- GDF11 controls the timing of progenitor cell competence in developing retina.
- Fibulin-1 acts as a cofactor for the matrix metalloprotease ADAMTS-1.
- Cell mixing at a neural crest-mesoderm boundary and deficient ephrin-Eph signaling in the pathogenesis of craniosynostosis.
- BMPs regulate multiple aspects of growth-plate chondrogenesis through opposing actions on FGF pathways.
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