Dr. Tom M Birkenmeier
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
915 N Grand Blvd Saint Louis MO, 63106About
Dr. Tom Birkenmeier practices Pulmonology in Saint Louis, MO. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Birkenmeier manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1982
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Identification of a protein that interacts with the nuclear factor-1 (NF-1) binding site in cells that do not express NF-1: comparison to NF-1, cellular distribution, and effect on transcription.
- Glycoprotein synthesis and secretion. Expression of fibronectin and its cell surface receptors.
- The alpha 5 beta 1 fibronectin receptor. Characterization of the alpha 5 gene promoter.
- Cell surface molecules that bind fibronectin's matrix assembly domain.
- Characterization of the alpha 4 integrin gene promoter.
- Autocrine transforming growth factor beta 1 modulates the expression of integrin alpha 5 beta 1 in human colon carcinoma FET cells.
- Release from quiescence stimulates the expression of integrin alpha 5 beta 1 which regulates DNA synthesis in human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells.
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