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Dr. George M. Matuschak M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
621 S New Ballas Rd Saint Louis MO, 63141About
Dr. George Matuschak practices Pulmonology in Saint Louis, MO. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Matuschak manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Temple Univ Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Brief hypoxia differentially regulates LPS-induced IL-1beta and TNF-alpha gene transcription in RAW 264.7 cells.
- Brief hypoxic stress suppresses postbacteremic NF-kappaB activation and TNF-alpha bioactivity in perfused liver.
- Liver-lung interactions following Escherichia coli bacteremic sepsis and secondary hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury.
- Magnesium in critical illness: metabolism, assessment, and treatment.
- Modulation of serum cytokine levels by a novel superoxide dismutase mimetic, M40401, in an Escherichia coli model of septic shock: correlation with preserved circulating catecholamines.
- Multicenter evaluation of a human monoclonal antibody to Enterobacteriaceae common antigen in patients with Gram-negative sepsis.
- Differential systemic and intrapulmonary TNF-alpha production in Candida sepsis during immunosuppression.
- Cocaine enhances susceptibility to endotoxemic shock in a subset of rats.
- Hypoxic suppression of E. coli-induced NF-kappa B and AP-1 transactivation by oxyradical signaling.
- Superoxide potentiates NF-kappaB activation and modulates endotoxin-induced cytokine production in alveolar macrophages.
- Optimizing ventilatory support of the potential organ donor during evolving brain death: Maximizing lung availability for transplantation.
- A role for nitric oxide-mediated peroxynitrite formation in a model of endotoxin-induced shock.
- Participation of the PI-3K/Akt-NF-kappa B signaling pathways in hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor-stimulated Flk-1 expression in endothelial cells.
- Hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor enhances angiogenesis by promoting proliferation and migration of endothelial cells.
- Therapeutic manipulation of peroxynitrite attenuates the development of opiate-induced antinociceptive tolerance in mice.
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