Professor, Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Jorge A. Bezerra, MD
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Jorge Bezerra is an expert in the field of Pediatric Gastroenterology. He received awards:"Regional Top Doctor", "Associate Editor", "Founding Co-Chair, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology", "Member", "Secretary", "Best Doctors in America, Pediatrics" and "Elected Member". Jorge Bezerra is also a published physician. He has 84 publication published. The most recent publication is: Liver development: a paradigm for hepatobiliary disease in later life.
Publications
- Total Serum Bilirubin within 3 Months of Hepatoportoenterostomy Predicts Short-Term Outcomes in Biliary Atresia.
- Total serum bilirubin predicts fat-soluble vitamin deficiency better than serum bile acids in infants with Biliary atresia.
- Use of corticosteroids after hepatoportoenterostomy for bile drainage in infants with Biliary atresia: the START randomized clinical trial.
- Replication of a GWAS signal in a Caucasian population implicates ADD3 in susceptibility to Biliary atresia.
- Perforin and granzymes work in synergy to mediate cholangiocyte injury in experimental Biliary atresia.
- 50 years ago in the journal of pediatrics: persistent jaundice in infancy.
- The Beneficial Impact of Revision of Kasai Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia: An Institutional Study.
- Th2 signals induce epithelial injury in mice and are compatible with the Biliary atresia phenotype.
- Dendritic cells regulate natural killer cell activation and epithelial injury in experimental Biliary atresia.
- Biliary atresia: will blocking inflammation tame the disease?
- Analysis of gene mutations in children with cholestasis of undefined etiology.
- Macrophages are targeted by rotavirus in experimental Biliary atresia and induce neutrophil chemotaxis by Mip2/Cxcl2.
- Cholestatic liver Disease in children.
- Neonatal NK cells target the mouse duct epithelium via Nkg2d and drive tissue-specific injury in experimental Biliary atresia.
- Plasmin-mediated proteolysis is required for hepatocyte growth factor activation during liver repair.
- Temporal-spatial activation of apoptosis and epithelial injury in murine experimental Biliary atresia.
- Screening and outcomes in Biliary atresia: summary of a National Institutes of Health workshop.
- Effector role of neonatal hepatic CD8+ lymphocytes in epithelial injury and autoimmunity in experimental Biliary atresia.
- High prevalence of alpha-1-antitrypsin heterozygosity in children with chronic liver Disease.
- Novel resequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with inherited syndromes of intrahepatic cholestasis.
- Pancreas recovery following cerulein-induced pancreatitis is impaired in plasminogen-deficient mice.
- The next challenge in pediatric cholestasis: deciphering the pathogenesis of Biliary atresia.
- Whatever happened to "neonatal Hepatitis"?
- Analysis of the Biliary transcriptome in experimental Biliary atresia.
- Hepatic to pancreatic switch defines a role for hemostatic factors in cellular plasticity in mice.
- Intrahepatic cholestasis: summary of an American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases single-topic conference.
- Obstruction of extrahepatic bile ducts by lymphocytes is regulated by IFN-gamma in experimental Biliary atresia.
- Biliary atresia and Th1 function: linking lymphocytes and bile ducts: commentary on the article by Mack et al. on page 79.
- Coordinate expression of regulatory genes differentiates embryonic and perinatal forms of Biliary atresia.
- Plasminogen directs the pleiotropic effects of uPA in liver injury and repair.
- Novel genes and functional relationships in the adult mouse Gastrointestinal tract identified by microarray analysis.
- Hepatocytes and endothelial cells: joining forces to conquer development.
- Independent and overlapping transcriptional activation during liver development and regeneration in mice.
- Enrollment in physical education is associated with health-related behavior among high school students.
- [Prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated factors among public high school students in Pernambuco State, Brazil].
- Chronic effects of an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (Bay o 1248) on intestinal disaccharidase activity in normal and diabetic mice.
- Effect of a high-dextrose diet on sucrase and lactase activity in jejunum of obese mice (C57BL/6J obob).
- Lampe1: an ENU-germline mutation causing spontaneous hepatosteatosis identified through targeted exon-enrichment and next-generation sequencing.
- Molecular and enzymatic analyses of lysosomal acid lipase in cholesteryl ester storage Disease.
- Insights. Pylephlebitis.
- A multicenter study of the outcome of Biliary atresia in the United States, 1997 to 2000.
- Effect of diet on intestinal and pancreatic enzyme activities in the pig.
- Age-related changes in sucrase and lactase activity in the small intestine of 3- and 10-week-old obese mice (C57BL/6Jobob).
- Image of the month. What is the etiology of these ulcers?
- Genetic modifiers of cholestatic liver Disease: an evolving field.
- Cholestasis: current issues and plan for the future.
- Liver transplantation in children younger than 1 year--the Cincinnati experience.
- Effect of rotavirus strain on the murine model of Biliary atresia.
- Advances in Biliary atresia: from patient care to research.
- Treatment of infants with acute diarrhea: what's recommended and what's practiced.
- A one-month-old infant who had a 'double bubble'.
- Zonal regulation of gene expression during liver regeneration of urokinase transgenic mice.
- Liver development: a paradigm for hepatoBiliary disease in later life.
- Assessment of lactose absorption by measurement of urinary galactose.
- Intestinal permeability to intact lactose in newborns and adults.
- Biological effects of targeted inactivation of hepatocyte growth factor-like protein in mice.
- Expansion of transplanted hepatocytes during liver regeneration.
- Hepatocyte transplantation: "Only the strong survive.".
- Are hepatocyte growth factor-like protein and macrophage stimulating protein the same protein?
- Hepatocyte-specific expression of the mouse hepatocyte growth factor-like protein.
- Increased expression of mRNA for hepatocyte growth factor-like protein during liver regeneration and inflammation.
- Upregulation of Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin receptor in regenerating rat liver.
- Use of a single solution for oral rehydration and maintenance therapy of infants with diarrhea and mild to moderate dehydration.
- Plasminogen deficiency results in poor clearance of non-fibrin matrix and persistent activation of hepatic stellate cells after an acute injury.
- Plasminogen deficiency leads to impaired lobular reorganization and matrix accumulation after chronic liver injury.
- Genetic manipulation of fibrinogen and fibrinolysis in mice.
- Cholestatic syndromes of infancy and childhood.
- Plasminogen activators direct reorganization of the liver lobule after acute injury.
- The unique nature of the pediatric liver.
- Hepatocyte transplantation. Advancing biology and treating children.
- Long-term outcome after partial external Biliary diversion for intractable pruritus in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis.
- Plasminogen deficiency leads to impaired remodeling after a toxic injury to the liver.
- Intrahepatic cholestasis: order out of chaos.
- Transcriptional reprogramming in murine liver defines the physiologic consequences of Biliary obstruction.
- Genetic induction of proinflammatory immunity in children with Biliary atresia.
- Potential etiologies of Biliary atresia.
- Loss of interleukin-12 modifies the pro-inflammatory response but does not prevent duct obstruction in experimental Biliary atresia.
- Biliary atresia--translational research on key molecular processes regulating Biliary injury and obstruction.
- Urokinase-type plasminogen activator supports liver repair independent of its cellular receptor.
- Extrahepatic Biliary atresia: current concepts and future directions.
- Growth failure and outcomes in infants with Biliary atresia: a report from the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium.
- Biliary atresia in Brazil: where we are and where we are going.
- Staging of Biliary atresia at diagnosis by molecular profiling of the liver.
Schools
Rg Kar Medical College West Bengal University Of Health Sciences
University Ariz College Med
Chldn39s Hospital Med Center University Cincinnati
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
Conditions Treated
- Biliary Atresia
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal Malabsorption
- Hepatitis B - Immune Response
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Associate Editor
- Founding Co-Chair, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Member
- Secretary
- Best Doctors in America, Pediatrics
- Elected Member
Education
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center -
University of Arizona
Hospital
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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