Dr. Robert J Pignolo MD
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
200 1ST STREET SW ROCHESTER MN, 55905About
Dr. Robert Pignolo practices Geriatric Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Pignolo works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Pa, Philadelphia Pa 1998
Drexel University College of Medicine 1998
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of donor age on the expression of a marker of replicative senescence (EPC-1) in human dermal fibroblasts.
- Putative role for EPC-1/PEDF in the G0 growth arrest of human diploid fibroblasts.
- Differential gene expression between young and senescent, quiescent WI-38 cells.
- Changes in gene expression during senescence in culture.
- Altered expression of cell cycle dependent genes in senescent WI-38 cells.
- Molecular changes with in vitro cellular senescence.
- Telomere shortening exposes functions for the mouse Werner and Bloom syndrome genes.
- Renewed DNA synthesis in senescent WI-38 cells by expression of an inducible chimeric c-fos construct.
- Skin fibroblasts from aged Fischer 344 rats undergo similar changes in replicative life span but not immortalization with caloric restriction of donors.
- Overexpression of the two-chain form of cathepsin B in senescent WI-38 cells.
- v-ATPase V0 subunit d2-deficient mice exhibit impaired osteoclast fusion and increased bone formation.
- Hematopoietic stem-cell contribution to ectopic skeletogenesis.
- A new era for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: a druggable target for the second skeleton.
- Morphogen receptor genes and metamorphogenes: skeleton keys to metamorphosis.
- Defects in telomere maintenance molecules impair osteoblast differentiation and promote osteoporosis.
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