Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston
Cardiology
Dr. James T. Willerson, MD
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James Willerson works in the field of Cardiology. He attended Baylor College of Medicine. He has 5 awards "Elected Member", "Fellow (FACC)", "Super Doctor", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare" and "Top MD". James Willerson has written publications. He has 97 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Disruption of endothelial adherens junctions by high glucose is mediated by protein kinase C--dependent vascular endothelial cadherin tyrosine phosphorylation.' James T. Willerson, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Disruption of endothelial adherens junctions by high glucose is mediated by protein kinase C-β-dependent vascular endothelial cadherin tyrosine phosphorylation.
- Bone Marrow Characteristics Associated with Changes in Infarct Size after STEMI: A Biorepository Evaluation from the CCTRN TIME Trial.
- Till truth makes all things plain: human Hearts and stem cells.
- The hippo pathway is activated and is a causal mechanism for adipogenesis in arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy.
- The use of gadolinium-carbon nanostructures to magnetically enhance stem cell retention for cellular cardiomyoplasty.
- Hippo signaling impedes adult Heart regeneration.
- One-Year Follow-up of IntraCoronary Stem Cell Delivery on Left Ventricular Function Following ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
- In memoriam: burton e. Sobel a tribute from family, friends and colleagues october 21, 1937 - may 3, 2013.
- Bismuth@US-tubes as a Potential Contrast Agent for X-ray Imaging Applications.
- Endothelial-Like Progenitor Cells Engineered to Produce Prostacyclin Rescue Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Provide Right Ventricle Benefits.
- Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Gene and Recurrent Coronary Heart Disease or Mortality in Patients With Established Atherosclerosis.
- Small Molecule Agonist of VLA-4 Integrin Induces Progenitor Cell Adhesion.
- Phase II Clinical Research Design in Cardiology: Learning the Right Lessons Too Well: Observations and Recommendations From the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Ne...
- Targeted delivery of carbaprostacyclin to ischemic hindlimbs enhances adaptive remodeling of the microvascular network.
- Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaques in a Mouse Model Using a Liposomal-Iodine Nanoparticle Contrast Agent.
- Buying new soul.
- Heparin and bone marrow-derived cell therapy: friend or foe?
- Myocardin-A enhances expression of promyogenic genes without depressing telomerase activity in adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells.
- Integrin alpha2-beta1 Mediates Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Vascular Endothelial Cadherin Induced by Invasive Breast Cancer Cells.
- Transcription factors ETS2 and MESP1 transdifferentiate human dermal fibroblasts into cardiac progenitors.
- Human Molecular Genetic and Functional Studies Identify TRIM63, Encoding Muscle RING Finger Protein 1, as a Novel Gene for Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- The Editor's Roundtable: Advances in Stem Cell Therapy for Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease.
- Randomized, double-blind pilot study of transendocardial injection of autologous aldehyde dehydrogenase-bright stem cells in patients with ischemic Heart failure.
- Repairing the Infarcted Heart with Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Stroma.
- Molecular Imaging of Mesenchymal Stem Cell: Mechanistic Insight into Cardiac Repair following Experimental Myocardial Infarction.
- Nuclear Plakoglobin Is Essential for Differentiation of Cardiac Progenitor Cells to Adipocytes in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.
- Inflammatory markers in coronary Heart disease.
- Engineered endothelial progenitor cells that overexpress prostacyclin protect vascular cells.
- CD34+ Autologous Human Stem Cells in Treating Refractory Angina.
- Synthesis and evaluation of an anti-MLC1 × anti-CD90 bispecific antibody for targeting and retaining bone-marrow-derived multipotent stromal cells in infarcted myocard...
- Molecular Genetic and Functional Characterization Implicate Muscle-Restricted Coiled-Coil Gene (MURC) as a Causal Gene for Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- A randomized study of transendocardial injection of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells and cell function analysis in ischemic Heart failure (FOCUS-HF).
- Determinants of plasma vitamin D levels in patients with Acute coronary syndromes.
- A randomized, controlled study of autologous therapy with bone marrow-derived aldehyde dehydrogenase bright cells in patients with critical limb ischemia.
- Usefulness of single nucleotide polymorphism in chromosome 4q25 to predict in-hospital and long-term development of Atrial fibrillation and survival in patients underg...
- Imaging in electrical cardiac devices.
- Herbert L. Fred, MD, MACP, Appointed Associate Editor of the Texas Heart Institute Journal.
- CD34/M-cadherin Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells Promote Arteriogenesis in Ischemic Hindlimbs of ApoE Mice.
- Imaging long-term fate of intraMyocardially implanted mesenchymal stem cells in a porcine Myocardial infarction model.
- A dosing study of bone marrow mononuclear cells for transendocardial injection in a pig model of chronic ischemic Heart disease.
- Flat-panel versus 64-channel computed tomography for in vivo quantitative characterization of Aortic atherosclerotic plaques.
- Training on the use of transendocardial delivery of biologics for cardiac regeneration.
- Human CD34+ cells in experimental Myocardial infarction: long-term survival, sustained functional improvement, and mechanism of action.
- Difference in patient profiles and outcomes in Japanese versus American patients undergoing Coronary revascularization (collaborative study by CREDO-Kyoto and the Texa...
- Gene transfer of COX-1 improves lumen size and blood flow in Carotid bypass grafts.
- Preserved homograft function 32 years after surgery in a young patient.
- Association of genome-wide variation with the risk of incident Heart failure in adults of European and African ancestry: a prospective meta-analysis from the cohorts f...
- Genomic variation associated with mortality among adults of European and African ancestry with Heart failure: the cohorts for Heart and aging research in genomic epide...
- The Editor's Roundtable: Health reform and its implications for cardiovascular medicine.
- Development of a network to test strategies in cardiovascular cell delivery: the NHLBI-sponsored Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN).
- Prostacyclin therapy for Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Contemporary treatment of unstable Angina and non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (part 2).
- Contemporary treatment of unstable Angina and non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (part 1).
- Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 as a novel risk marker for cardiovascular Disease: a systematic review of the literature.
- Combined therapy with simvastatin and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells increases benefits in infarcted swine Hearts.
- Erythropoietin protects myocardin-expressing cardiac stem cells against cytotoxicity of tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
- Inflammatory protein levels and depression screening after Coronary stenting predict major adverse Coronary events.
- Intra-arterial transplantation of adult bone marrow cells restores blood flow and regenerates skeletal muscle in ischemic limbs.
- Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and value in patients with non-ST segment elevation Acute coronary syndromes.
- Impact of adding a single allele in the 9p21 locus to traditional risk factors on reclassification of coronary Heart disease risk and implications for lipid-modifying ...
- The editor's roundtable: the JUPITER trial--initial results and clinical implications.
- Vascular progenitor cells in diabetes mellitus: roles of Wnt signaling and negatively charged low-density lipoprotein.
- Genetic fate mapping identifies second Heart field progenitor cells as a source of adipocytes in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
- Mutations in smooth muscle alpha-actin (ACTA2) cause Coronary artery disease, stroke, and Moyamoya disease, along with thoracic aortic disease.
- A randomized trial of rosuvastatin in the prevention of venous thromboembolism.
- Reduction in C-reactive protein and LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular event rates after initiation of rosuvastatin: a prospective study of the JUPITER trial.
- Resolution of established cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis and prevention of systolic dysfunction in a transgenic rabbit model of human Cardiomyopathy through thiol-se...
- Histopathological study of healing after allogenic mesenchymal stem cell delivery in Myocardial infarction in dogs.
- Obesity: an independent predictor of in-hospital postoperative renal insufficiency among patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
- The editor's roundtable: the vulnerable plaque.
- Passing of the editorship to Dr. James Willerson.
- Myocardin a enhances telomerase activities in adipose tissue mesenchymal cells and embryonic stem cells undergoing cardiovascular myogenic differentiation.
- Three-dimensional isotropic wavelets for post-acquisitional extraction of latent images of atherosclerotic plaque components from micro-computed tomography of human co...
- Quantification of roughness of calcific deposits in computed tomography scans of human Coronary arteries.
- Five common gene variants identify elevated genetic risk for coronary Heart disease.
- Prediction of coronary Heart disease risk using a genetic risk score: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
- Coronary thermography for detection of vulnerable plaques.
- Myozenin 2 is a novel gene for human hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Fusion of human hematopoietic progenitor cells and murine cardiomyocytes is mediated by alpha 4 beta 1 integrin/vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 interaction.
- The role of periadventitial fat in atherosclerosis.
- Acute coronary syndrome may occur with in-stent restenosis and is associated with adverse outcomes (the PRESTO trial).
- Suppression of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling by nuclear plakoglobin recapitulates phenotype of arrhythmogenic right ventricular Cardiomyopathy.
- IntraCoronary thermography for detection of high-risk vulnerable plaques.
- C-reactive protein and other emerging blood biomarkers to optimize risk stratification of vulnerable patients.
- Usefulness of multidetector computed tomography for noninvasive evaluation of Coronary arteries in asymptomatic patients.
- Geographical differences in the rates of angiographic restenosis and ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization after percutaneous Coronary interventions: results...
- Blood-derived progenitor cells after recanalization of chronic Coronary artery occlusions in humans.
- Release of C-reactive protein in response to inflammatory cytokines by human adipocytes: linking obesity to vascular inflammation.
- Nine-month outcome of patients treated by percutaneous Coronary interventions for bifurcation lesions in the recent era: a report from the Prevention of Restenosis wit...
- Prevention of cardiac hypertrophy by atorvastatin in a transgenic rabbit model of human hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Transendocardial autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell injection in ischemic Heart failure: postmortem anatomicopathologic and immunohistochemical findings.
- A common PCSK9 haplotype, encompassing the E670G coding single nucleotide polymorphism, is a novel genetic marker for plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels...
- Local gene transduction of cyclooxygenase-1 increases blood flow in injured atherosclerotic rabbit Arteries.
- Mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into an endothelial phenotype, enhance vascular density, and improve Heart function in a canine chronic ischemia model.
- Predictive factors for ischemic target vessel revascularization in the Prevention of Restenosis with Tranilast and its Outcomes (PRESTO) trial.
- Both cell fusion and transdifferentiation account for the transformation of human peripheral blood CD34-positive cells into cardiomyocytes in vivo.
Schools
Baylor College Of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Elected Member
- Fellow (FACC)
- Super Doctor
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Top MD
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
Baylor College of Medicine
Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center -
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1275562852 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | WILLERSON | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JAMES | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 770303000 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TX | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 7382.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 80.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 1.08 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1275562852 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WILLERSON |
| First Name Of The Provider | JAMES |
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