Dr. David Alan Sweetser MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
55 Fruit St Yaw 8b Pediatric Hematology Boston MA, 02114Rating
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Dr. David Sweetser is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Sweetser specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Sweetser treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Sweetser can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Education and Training
WASHINGTON UNIV IN ST LOUIS SCH OF MED 1989
Washington Center / School of Medicine 1989
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1989
Board Certification
Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Loss of TLE1 and TLE4 from the del(9q) commonly deleted region in AML cooperates with AML1-ETO to affect myeloid cell proliferation and survival.
- Discovering chemical modifiers of oncogene-regulated hematopoietic differentiation.
- AML1-ETO mediates hematopoietic self-renewal and leukemogenesis through a COX/β-catenin signaling pathway.
- Newborn Screening for Glutaric Aciduria-II: The New England Experience.
- Mechanisms underlying generation of gradients in gene expression within the intestine: an analysis using transgenic mice containing fatty acid binding protein-human growth hormone fusion genes.
- The corepressor Tle4 is a novel regulator of murine hematopoiesis and bone development.
- Coenzyme Q10 and immunity: A case report and new implications for treatment of recurrent infections in metabolic diseases.
- Tle1 tumor suppressor negatively regulates inflammation in vivo and modulates NF-κB inflammatory pathway.
- IQSEC2 and X-linked syndromal intellectual disability.
- TLE4 regulation of wnt-mediated inflammation underlies its role as a tumor suppressor in myeloid leukemia.
- The human and rodent intestinal fatty acid binding protein genes. A comparative analysis of their structure, expression, and linkage relationships.
- The nucleotide sequence of the rat liver fatty acid-binding protein gene. Evidence that exon 1 encodes an oligopeptide domain shared by a family of proteins which bind hydrophobic ligands.
- The cellular retinol binding protein II gene. Sequence analysis of the rat gene, chromosomal localization in mice and humans, and documentation of its close linkage to the cellular retinol binding protein gene.
- Rat cellular retinol-binding protein II: use of a cloned cDNA to define its primary structure, tissue-specific expression, and developmental regulation.
- Human liver fatty acid binding protein. Isolation of a full length cDNA and comparative sequence analyses of orthologous and paralogous proteins.
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