Dr. William Mckee Ridgway MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
3130 Highland Ave Cincinnati OH, 45219About
Dr. William Ridgway is a rheumatologist practicing in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Ridgway specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Ridgway treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A new look at MHC and autoimmune disease.
- MHC structure and autoimmune T cell repertoire development.
- Identification and characterization of the antigen-specific subpopulation of
- T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated repertoire selection and loss of TCR vbeta diversity during the initiation of a CD4(+) T cell response in vivo.
- Increased entry into the IFN-gamma effector pathway by CD4+ T cells selected by I-Ag7 on a nonobese diabetic versus C57BL/6 genetic background.
- Understanding the interaction of genetics and cellular responses in nonobese diabetic mice.
- Increased nonobese diabetic Th1:Th2 (IFN-gamma:IL-4) ratio is CD4+ T cell intrinsic and independent of APC genetic background.
- The non obese diabetic (NOD) mouse: a unique model for understanding the interaction between genetics and T cell responses.
- Genetic control of autoimmunity: protection from diabetes, but spontaneous autoimmune biliary disease in a nonobese diabetic congenic strain.
- Nonobese diabetic CD4 lymphocytosis maps outside the MHC locus on chromosome 17.
- A modular theory of autoimmunity.
- Genetic control of anti-Sm autoantibody production in NOD congenic mice narrowed to the Idd9.3 region.
- NOD.c3c4 congenic mice develop autoimmune biliary disease that serologically and pathogenetically models human primary biliary cirrhosis.
- New insights to the immunopathology and autoimmune responses in primary biliary cirrhosis.
- Modulating protective and pathogenic CD4+ subsets via CD137 in type 1 diabetes.
Treatments
- Immunology, Rheumatic Diseases
Fellowships
- Stanford University Hospital - Palo Alto, CA (Rheumatology/Immunology)
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