Physician
Family Medicine
Dr. Manuel A. Franco, MD
Dr. Manuel A. Franco is an expert in the field of Family Medicine. Doctor Manuel A. Franco, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 44 publications published. The latest was: The memory B cell subset responsible for the secretory IgA response and protective humoral immunity to rotavirus expresses the intestinal homing receptor, alpha4beta7.
Publications
- Circulating rotavirus-specific T cells have a poor functional profile.
- Circulating human rotavirus specific CD4 T cells identified with a class II tetramer express the intestinal homing receptors α4β7 and CCR9.
- Rotavirus specific plasma secretory immunoglobulin in children with acute gastroenteritis and children vaccinated with an attenuated human rotavirus vaccine.
- Human myeloid dendritic cells treated with supernatants of rotavirus infected Caco-2 cells induce a poor Th1 response.
- Membrane vesicles released by intestinal epithelial cells infected with rotavirus inhibit T-cell function.
- Rotavirus differentially infects and polyclonally stimulates human B cells depending on their differentiation state and tissue of origin.
- A TGF-beta mediated regulatory mechanism modulates the T cell immune response to rotavirus in adults but not in children.
- Immunomodulators released during rotavirus infection of polarized caco-2 cells.
- Availability of healthy foods and dietary patterns: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
- Neighborhood characteristics and availability of healthy foods in Baltimore.
- Characterization of rotavirus specific B cells and their relation with serological memory.
- Interaction of rotavirus with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells: plasmacytoid dendritic cells play a role in stimulating memory rotavirus specific T cells in vi...
- Evaluation of circulating intestinally committed memory B cells in children vaccinated with attenuated human rotavirus vaccine.
- Interaction of rotavirus with human myeloid dendritic cells.
- Maturation and trafficking markers on rotavirus-specific B cells during acute infection and convalescence in children.
- Human rotavirus specific T cells: quantification by ELISPOT and expression of homing receptors on CD4+ T cells.
- Rotavirus-specific B cells induced by recent infection in adults and children predominantly express the intestinal homing receptor alpha4beta7.
- Frequencies of virus-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes secreting gamma interferon after acute natural rotavirus infection in children and adults.
- Correlation of tissue distribution, developmental phenotype, and intestinal homing receptor expression of antigen-specific B cells during the murine anti-rotavirus imm...
- Simultaneous assessment of rotavirus-specific memory B cells and serological memory after B cell depletion therapy with rituximab.
- Population-wide weight loss and regain in relation to diabetes burden and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba 1980-2010: repeated cross sectional surveys and ecological c...
- [Percutaneous closure of large atrial septal defects].
- Nitazoxanide for rotavirus diarrhoea?
- In vivo study of immunity to rotaviruses : selected methods in mice.
- Immunity to rotavirus infection in mice.
- Rotavirus immunity in the mouse.
- Murine model of rotavirus infection.
- Serum IgA levels induced by rotavirus natural infection, but not following immunization with the RRV-TV vaccine (Rotashield), correlate with protection.
- Immunity to homologous rotavirus infection in adult mice.
- Molecular determinants of immunity and pathogenicity of rotavirus infection in the mouse model.
- Challenges for rotavirus vaccines.
- An immunodominant cytotoxic T cell epitope on the VP7 rotavirus protein overlaps the H2 signal peptide.
- Identification of cytotoxic T cell epitopes on the VP3 and VP6 rotavirus proteins.
- Lack of a role for type I and type II interferons in the resolution of rotavirus-induced diarrhea and infection in mice.
- Protective immunity to rotavirus shedding in the absence of interleukin-6: Th1 cells and immunoglobulin A develop normally.
- Immunity to rotavirus in T cell deficient mice.
- CD8+ T cells can mediate almost complete short-term and partial long-term immunity to rotavirus in mice.
- Evidence for CD8+ T-cell immunity to murine rotavirus in the absence of perforin, fas, and gamma interferon.
- Role of B cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes in clearance of and immunity to rotavirus infection in mice.
- The memory B cell subset responsible for the secretory IgA response and protective humoral immunity to rotavirus expresses the intestinal homing receptor, alpha4beta7.
- Distribution and phenotype of murine rotavirus-specific B cells induced by intranasal immunization with 2/6 virus-like particles.
- Immunity and correlates of protection for rotavirus vaccines.
- Rotavirus vaccines: recent developments and future considerations.
Schools
Universidad Metropolitan
St Elizabeth39s Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Family Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Advantage
- Blue Choice
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Blue Precision HMO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Cofinity PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- HealthLink PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- MedHealthInsurance
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Planned Administration Inc
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Education
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Metropolitan University- Colombia Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Presence Resurrection Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1083671341 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FRANCO | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MANUEL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606221797 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Family Practice | |
| Total Claim Count | 16334.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 3.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 899.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 5.5 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1083671341 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FRANCO |
| First Name Of The Provider | MANUEL |
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