Dr. Stephen E Mcgowan MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242Rating
5/5
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Dr. Stephen Mcgowan practices Pulmonology in Iowa City, IA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Mcgowan 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
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1976
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Contributions of retinoids to the generation and repair of the pulmonary alveolus.
- Retinoic acid reverses the airway hyperresponsiveness but not the parenchymal defect that is associated with vitamin A deficiency.
- Elevation of retinyl ester level in the lungs of rats following repeated intraperitoneal injections of retinoic acid or retinoyl glucuronide.
- Alveolarization in retinoic acid receptor-beta-deficient mice.
- Vitamin A deficiency alters the pulmonary parenchymal elastic modulus and elastic fiber concentration in rats.
- Arg-Gly-Asp-containing domains of fibrillins-1 and -2 distinctly regulate lung fibroblast migration.
- Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha-expressing cells localize to the alveolar entry ring and have characteristics of myofibroblasts during pulmonary alveolar septal formation.
- Association of nutritional status with the response to infection with Leishmania chagasi.
- PDGF-Ralpha gene expression predicts proliferation, but PDGF-A suppresses transdifferentiation of neonatal mouse lung myofibroblasts.
- Fibroblasts expressing PDGF-receptor-alpha diminish during alveolar septal thinning in mice.
- Vitamin A deficiency alters airway resistance in children with acute upper respiratory infection.
- Platelet-derived growth factor-A and sonic hedgehog signaling direct lung fibroblast precursors during alveolar septal formation.
- Platelet-derived growth factor-A regulates lung fibroblast S-phase entry through p27(kip1) and FoxO3a.
- Paracrine cellular and extracellular matrix interactions with mesenchymal progenitors during pulmonary alveolar septation.
- Regulation of fibroblast lipid storage and myofibroblast phenotypes during alveolar septation in mice.
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