Dr. Dennis D Black MD
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
1910 Nonconnah Blvd Suite 120 Memphis TN, 38132About
Dr. Dennis Black is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Memphis, TN. Dr. Black specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Education and Training
Univ of Tn, Memphis, Coll of Med, Memphis Tn 1978
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Gastroenterology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Regulation of triacylglycerol and phospholipid trafficking by fatty acids in newborn swine enterocytes.
- Overexpression of apolipoprotein A-IV enhances lipid transport in newborn swine intestinal epithelial cells.
- Regulation of MTP expression in developing swine.
- Regulation of apo A-IV transcription by lipid in newborn swine is associated with a promoter DNA-binding protein.
- Chronic cholestasis and dyslipidemia: what is the cardiovascular risk?
- Overexpression of apolipoprotein A-IV enhances lipid secretion in IPEC-1 cells by increasing chylomicron size.
- Development and physiological regulation of intestinal lipid absorption. I. Development of intestinal lipid absorption: cellular events in chylomicron assembly and secretion.
- Hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 mediates apolipoprotein A-IV transcriptional regulation by fatty acid in newborn swine enterocytes.
- What is the role of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator dysfunction in primary sclerosing cholangitis?
- The continuing challenge of "indeterminate" acute liver failure in children.
- Regulation of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein by apolipoprotein A-IV in newborn swine intestinal epithelial cells.
- Eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid synergistically attenuate bile acid-induced hepatocellular apoptosis.
- In Memoriam: Charles M. Mansbach II (1937 – 2015).
- Role of PPARα in the attenuation of bile acid-induced apoptosis by omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in cultured hepatocytes.
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