Dr. Juan Antonio Contreras MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
4461 Coit Rd Suite 402 Frisco TX, 75035About
Dr. Juan Contreras is a rheumatologist practicing in Frisco, TX. Dr. Contreras 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. Contreras treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Texas A&M University, TX 2004
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The peroxisome proliferator-induced cytosolic type I acyl-CoA thioesterase (CTE-I) is a serine-histidine-aspartic acid alpha /beta hydrolase.
- Hormone-sensitive lipase is not required for cholesteryl ester hydrolysis in macrophages.
- Perilipin A is essential for the translocation of hormone-sensitive lipase during
- Mutational analysis of the hormone-sensitive lipase translocation reaction in adipocytes.
- Hormone-sensitive lipase null mice exhibit signs of impaired insulin sensitivity whereas insulin secretion is intact.
- The testicular form of hormone-sensitive lipase HSLtes confers rescue of male infertility in HSL-deficient mice.
- Functional genomics approaches to studies of the cytochrome p450 superfamily.
- HER2 in gastric cancer: an immunohistochemical study on tissue microarrays and the corresponding whole-tissue sections with a supplemental fish study.
- Acyclic nucleoside phosphonates: a study on cytochrome P450 gene expression.
Treatments
- Fibromyalgia, Gout, Lupus And More
- Arthritis
- Pain
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