Dr. Howard William Schnaper MD
Nephrologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Nephrology
2300 Childrens Plaza Childrens Memorial H Chicago IL, 60614About
Dr. Howard Schnaper is a pediatric nephrologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Schnaper specializes in caring for children with chronic conditions such as hypertension, kidney disease, and chronic dialysis. Pediatric nephrologists have extensive knowledge on the dialysis and transplant processes, while simultaneously developing lasting relationships with the families of their young patients.
Education and Training
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1975
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Angiostatin binds ATP synthase on the surface of human endothelial cells.
- Estrogen: it's not just for reproduction any more.
- Reflections on the pediatric chief residency.
- The transforming growth factor-beta/SMAD signaling pathway is present and functional in human mesangial cells.
- TGF-beta1 activates MAP kinase in human mesangial cells: a possible role in collagen expression.
- Sex steroids and the endothelium.
- Signal transduction through protein kinase C.
- Shear stress enhances human endothelial cell wound closure in vitro.
- Double-blind studies of the clinical effectiveness of prazosin.
- Sp1 and Smad proteins cooperate to mediate transforming growth factor-beta 1-induced alpha 2(I) collagen expression in human glomerular mesangial cells.
- Antithrombin III, protein S, and coagulation in the nephrotic syndrome.
- Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children on maintenance dialysis.
- Talking at cross purposes: molecular interactions downstream from TGF-beta.
- It's a Smad world: regulation of TGF-beta signaling in the kidney.
- Estrogens and the vascular endothelium.
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