Dr. Steven D Crowley M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Duke University Medical Ctr Box 3014 Durham NC, 27710Rating
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Dr. Steven Crowley is a nephrologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Crowley specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Crowley 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Kidney in hypertension: guyton redux.
- Lymphocyte responses exacerbate angiotensin II-dependent hypertension.
- Comments on Point:Counterpoint: The dominant contributor to systemic hypertension: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system vs. Activation of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. Activated intrarenal renin-angiotensin system is correl
- Comments on Point:Counterpoint: The dominant contributor to systemic hypertension: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system vs. Activation of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. AT1 receptors in the kidney mediate the chronic hyperte
- Prehypertension and chronic kidney disease: the ox or the plow?
- A novel role for type 1 angiotensin receptors on T lymphocytes to limit target organ damage in hypertension.
- Taking a sound approach to acute kidney injury.
- The role of type 1 angiotensin receptors on T lymphocytes in cardiovascular and renal diseases.
- The cooperative roles of inflammation and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
- Cinacalcet ameliorates cardiac fibrosis in uremic hearts through suppression of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
- Type 1 angiotensin receptors on macrophages ameliorate IL-1 receptor-mediated kidney fibrosis.
- Tumor necrosis factor-α produced in the kidney contributes to angiotensin II-dependent hypertension.
- Linking angiotensin II to nuclear factor-κ light chain enhancer of activated B cells-induced cardiovascular damage: bad CARMAs.
- Activation of the Nlrp3 inflammasome by mitochondrial reactive oxygen species: a novel mechanism of albumin-induced tubulointerstitial inflammation.
- Role of T lymphocytes in hypertension.
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