Dr. Brian Kent England M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
10 McDowell St Asheville NC, 28801Rating
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Dr. Brian England is a nephrologist practicing in Asheville, NC. Dr. England specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. England most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Univ of Louisville Sch of Med, Louisville Ky 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Metabolic acidosis accelerates whole body protein degradation and leucine oxidation by a glucocorticoid-dependent mechanism.
- Effect of glucocorticoids and extracellular pH on protein metabolism in cultured cells.
- Acidosis and glucocorticoids interact to provoke muscle protein and amino acid catabolism.
- Metabolic acidosis stimulates muscle protein degradation by activating the adenosine triphosphate-dependent pathway involving ubiquitin and proteasomes.
- Mechanisms that cause protein and amino acid catabolism in uremia.
- Glucocorticoids and acidosis stimulate protein and amino acid catabolism in vivo.
- Acidosis and glucocorticoids induce branched-chain amino acid catabolism.
- Necessary but not sufficient: the role of glucocorticoids in the acidosis-induced increase in levels of mRNAs encoding proteins of the ATP-dependent proteolytic pathway in rat muscle.
- Protein degradation and increased mRNAs encoding proteins of the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway in BC3H1 myocytes require an interaction between glucocorticoids and acidification.
- Predictors of the progression of renal disease in the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study.
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