
Dr. Philip Y. Wai MD
Surgeon
2160 S 1st Ave Ems Bldg. 110, Rm 32 Maywood IL, 60153About
Dr. Philip Wai is a general surgeon practicing in Madison, WI. Dr. Wai specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Wai provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
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SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Differential osteopontin expression in phenotypically distinct subclones of murine breast cancer cells mediates metastatic behavior.
- A transcriptional repressor of osteopontin expression in the 4T1 murine breast cancer cell line.
- The role of Osteopontin in tumor metastasis.
- Identification of S-nitrosylated proteins in endotoxin-stimulated RAW264.7 murine macrophages.
- Transcriptional regulatory functions of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein-U and -A/B in endotoxin-mediated macrophage expression of osteopontin.
- Redox-mediated upregulation of hepatocyte iNOS transcription requires coactivator PC4.
- Nitric oxide-dependent osteopontin expression induces metastatic behavior in HepG2 cells.
- Phosphorylation of Ser158 regulates inflammatory redox-dependent hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha transcriptional activity.
- Integrin-linked kinase regulates osteopontin-dependent MMP-2 and uPA expression to convey metastatic function in murine mammary epithelial cancer cells.
- Ets-1 and runx2 regulate transcription of a metastatic gene, osteopontin, in
- Osteopontin inhibits macrophage nitric oxide synthesis to enhance tumor proliferation.
- Osteopontin: regulation in tumor metastasis.
- Osteopontin mediates Stat1 degradation to inhibit iNOS transcription in a cecal ligation and puncture model of sepsis.
- Intersecting pathways in inflammation and cancer: Hepatocellular carcinoma as a paradigm.
- Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, TGF-β, and osteopontin in wound healing and tissue remodeling after injury.
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