Dr. Darrell Jay Franks MD
Orthopedist
2301 S GREGG ST BIG SPRING TX, 79720Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Darrell Franks is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Andrews, TX. Dr. Franks specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Franks tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Tx Tech Univ Hlth Sci Ctr Sch of Med, Lubbock Tx 1988
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cholera toxin and adenylate cyclase: properties of the activated enzyme in liver plasma membranes.
- Characterization of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-1 enzyme expression during differentiation of the megakaryocytic cell line MEG-01.
- Platelet activating factor-induced apoptosis is inhibited by ectopic expression of the platelet activating factor G-protein coupled receptor.
- Differential phosphorylation of CK8 and CK18 by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate in primary cultures of mouse hepatocytes.
- TPA decreases 1,25(OH)2D3 binding and calbindin D-28K in renal (MDBK) cells.
- 1,25(OH)2D3 increases membrane associated protein kinase C in MDBK cells.
- Activation of protein kinase C modulates dihydroxycholecalciferol synthesis in rat renal tubules.
- Cementless revision of cemented stem failures associated with massive femoral bone loss. A technical note.
- Cyclic AMP metabolism in mouse parotid glands. Properties of adenylate cyclase, protein kinase and phosphodiesterase.
- Cyclic AMP metabolism in mouse parotid glands. Properties of adenylate cyclase, protein kinase and phosphodiesterase.
- Methyl xanthine phosphodiesterase inhibitors behave as prostaglandin antagonists in a perfused rat mesenteric artery preparation.
- Methyl xanthine phosphodiesterase inhibitors behave as prostaglandin antagonists in a perfused rat mesenteric artery preparation.
- Cyclic nucleotides and aggregation in platelets of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
- Cyclic nucleotides and aggregation in platelets of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
- The role of signal-transducing events in the proliferative response of cells to a mitogenic viral K-ras protein.
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