Dr. Steven John Padula M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
83 Little Fox Ln Southbury CT, 06488About
Dr. Steven Padula is a rheumatologist practicing in Southbury, CT. Dr. Padula 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. Padula 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
New York University School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The nuclear receptor PPAR gamma and immunoregulation: PPAR gamma mediates inhibition of helper T cell responses.
- Serologic diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with recombinant antigens.
- Serologic confirmation of Ehrlichia equi and Borrelia burgdorferi infections in horses from the northeastern United States.
- Reactivity of dog sera to whole-cell or recombinant antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi by ELISA and immunoblot analysis.
- Identification of encephalitogenic V beta-4-bearing T cells in SJL mice. Further evidence for the V region disease hypothesis?
- Adoptive transfer of activated human autologous macrophages results in regression of transplanted human melanoma cells in SCID mice.
- An antibody to lymphotoxin and tumor necrosis factor prevents transfer of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
- Maintenance of antigen specificity by human interleukin-2-dependent T cell lines. Use of antigen-presenting cells and OKT3 antibody in the absence of antigen.
- Induction therapy with the selective interleukin-23 inhibitor risankizumab in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study.
- Risankizumab versus Ustekinumab for Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis.
- Safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of single rising doses of BI 655064, an antagonistic anti-CD40 antibody in healthy subjects: a potential novel treatment for autoimmune diseases.
- T-cell receptor use in early rheumatoid arthritis.
- Presentation of synthetic peptide antigen encoded by the MAGE-1 gene by granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating-factor-cultured macrophages from HLA-A1 melanoma patients.
- Recombinant outer surface protein C ELISA for the diagnosis of early Lyme disease.
- Inhibition of interleukin-2 synthesis and interleukin-2 receptor alpha expression on T cells by a cell-free factor derived from a CD4+ regulatory T cell clone.
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