
Dr. James Alan Tumlin M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
251 N Lyerly St Suite 100 Chattanooga TN, 37404About
Dr. James Tumlin is a nephrologist practicing in Chattanooga, TN. Dr. Tumlin specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Tumlin most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Heat shock proteins 70 and 90 increase calcineurin activity in vitro through calmodulin-dependent and independent mechanisms.
- Angiotensin II stimulates calcineurin activity in proximal tubule epithelia through AT-1 receptor-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of the PLC-gamma1 isoform.
- Crescentic, proliferative IgA nephropathy: clinical and histological response to
- Calcineurin phosphatase activity: activation by glucocorticoids and role of intracellular calcium.
- LJP 394 (abetimus sodium, Riquent) in the management of systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Beneficial impact of fenoldopam in critically ill patients with or at risk for acute renal failure: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
- Loss of the alpha-isoform of calcineurin is sufficient to induce nephrotoxicity and altered expression of transforming growth factor-beta.
- A prospective, open-label trial of sirolimus in the treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- Idiopathic IgA nephropathy: pathogenesis, histopathology, and therapeutic options.
- Fenoldopam reduces the need for renal replacement therapy and in-hospital death in cardiovascular surgery: a meta-analysis.
- Lupus nephritis: histology, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Impaired blood flow in acute kidney injury: pathophysiology and potential efficacy of intrarenal vasodilator therapy.
- Prostaglandin-based renal protection against contrast-induced acute kidney injury.
- Incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy after contrast-enhanced computed tomography in the outpatient setting.
- Immediate complications of intravenous contrast for computed tomography imaging in the outpatient setting are rare.
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