Dr. Alisa E Koch MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
1500 East Medical Center Dr 3rd Floor Taubman Ct Ann Arbor MI, 48109Rating
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Dr. Alisa Koch is a rheumatologist practicing in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Koch specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Koch treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Northwestern Uniiversity 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interleukin-13 gene therapy reduces inflammation, vascularization, and bony destruction in rat adjuvant-induced arthritis.
- Differential expression of the angiogenic Tie receptor family in arthritic and normal synovial tissue.
- Signal transduction pathways involved in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblast interleukin-18-induced vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression.
- Modifications in adenoviral coat fiber proteins and transcriptional regulatory sequences enhance transgene expression.
- The effect of sulfasalazine on rheumatoid arthritic synovial tissue chemokine production.
- Angiogenesis and chemokines in rheumatoid arthritis and other systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
- Chemokines and chemokine receptors in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Src and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase mediate soluble E-selectin-induced angiogenesis.
- A novel function for a glucose analog of blood group H antigen as a mediator of leukocyte-endothelial adhesion via intracellular adhesion molecule 1.
- Role of macrophage inflammatory protein-3alpha and its ligand CCR6 in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Immunoperoxidase histochemistry for the detection of cellular adhesion molecule, cytokine, and chemokine expression in the arthritic synovium.
- The role of COX-2 in angiogenesis and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Migration inhibitory factor mediates angiogenesis via mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol kinase.
- Chemokine receptor expression and in vivo signaling pathways in the joints of rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis.
- Vascular endothelium and immune responses: implications for inflammation and angiogenesis.
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