Dr. Samathanam N Abraham MD
Addiction Psychiatrist | Addiction Medicine
13207 Valley Dr Rockville MD, 20850Rating
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Dr. Samathanam Abraham is an Addiction Psychiatrist practicing in Rockville, MD. Dr. Abraham evaluates, diagnoses, and treats people who suffer from impulse control conditions related to addiction. As an Addiction Psychiatrist, Dr. Abraham is a substance abuse expert, and is trained to fully understand the biological science behind addiction, in order to properly treat each patient.
Education and Training
Kasturba Med Coll- Mysore Univ- Mangalore- Karnataka- India 1976
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Molecular basis for the enterocyte tropism exhibited by Salmonella typhimurium type 1 fimbriae.
- Fimbriae-mediated host-pathogen cross-talk.
- Production of TNF-alpha by murine bone marrow derived mast cells activated by the bacterial fimbrial protein, FimH.
- The mast cell tumor necrosis factor alpha response to FimH-expressing Escherichia coli is mediated by the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored molecule CD48.
- Inability of encapsulated Klebsiella pneumoniae to assemble functional type 1 fimbriae on their surface.
- Internalization of FimH+ Escherichia coli by the human mast cell line (HMC-1 5C6) involves protein kinase C.
- Bacteria-host cell interaction mediated by cellular cholesterol/glycolipid-enriched microdomains.
- Role of mast cell leukotrienes in neutrophil recruitment and bacterial clearance in infectious peritonitis.
- Mast cell modulation of the innate immune response to enterobacterial infection.
- Involvement of cellular caveolae in bacterial entry into mast cells.
- Role of bacterial lectins in urinary tract infections. Molecular mechanisms for diversification of bacterial surface lectins.
- Co-option of endocytic functions of cellular caveolae by pathogens.
- Interaction of Bordetella pertussis with mast cells, modulation of cytokine secretion by pertussis toxin.
- Mast cell modulation of immune responses to bacteria.
- Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored receptor-mediated bacterial endocytosis.
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