Physician

Orthopaedic Surgery

Doctor Robert S. Franco, MD works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He studied medicine at Meharry Medical College. Robert Franco has written publications. He has 25 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Red Blood Cell Dysfunction Induced by High-Fat Diet: Potential Implications for Obesity-Related Atherosclerosis.'

Publications

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• Red Blood Cell Dysfunction Induced by High-Fat Diet: Potential Implications for Obesity-Related Atherosclerosis.
• Variation in human cancer cell external phosphatidylserine is regulated by flippase activity and intracellular calcium.
• Use of an oral stable isotope label to confirm variation in red blood cell mean age that influences HbA1c interpretation.
• Activationof Protein Kinase C by Phorbol Ester Increases Red Blood Cell Scramblase Activity and External Phosphatidylserine.
• Phosphatidylserine-selective targeting and anticancer effects of SapC-DOPS nanovesicles on brain tumors.
• Systemic Delivery of SapC-DOPS Has Antiangiogenic and Antitumor Effects Against Glioblastoma.
• Changes in the properties of normal human red blood cells during in vivo aging.
• KCL cotransporter gene expression during human and murine erythroid differentiation.
• The measurement and importance of red cell survival.
• Red cell life span heterogeneity in hematologically normal people is sufficient to alter HbA1c.
• Evidence for interindividual heterogeneity in the glucose gradient across the human red blood cell membrane and its relationship to hemoglobin glycation.
• Discordant HbA1c results: the hoofbeats increase.
• A method for the continuous calculation of the age of labeled red blood cells.
• Characterization of the deoxyhemoglobin binding site on human erythrocyte band 3: implications for O2 regulation of erythrocyte properties.
• Fibrinogen deficiency, but not plasminogen deficiency, increases mortality synergistically in combination with sickle hemoglobin SAD in transgenic mice.
• Urea stimulation of KCl cotransport induces abnormal volume reduction in sickle reticulocytes.
• The effect of fetal hemoglobin on the survival characteristics of sickle cells.
• KCl cotransport mediates abnormal sulfhydryl-dependent volume regulation in sickle reticulocytes.
• Is poor glycemic control associated with reduced red blood cell lifespan?
• Phosphatidylserine externalization in sickle red blood cells: associations with cell age, density, and hemoglobin F.
• Rehydration of high-density sickle erythrocytes in vitro.
• Targeting and Cytotoxicity of SapC-DOPS Nanovesicles in Pancreatic Cancer.
• Comparison of 2-methoxyestradiol and methotrexate effects on non-Hodgkin''s B-cell lymphoma.
• Aminophospholipid translocase and phospholipid scramblase activities in sickle erythrocyte subpopulations.

Schools

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• Meharry Medical College

• University Med Center

• Hughston Sports Med Cl

• University Of Virginia

Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Shands Jacksonville Medical Center
• Meharry Medical College

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