Edward Rubenstein
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus (Active) Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
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Personal Information Email Tel (650) 343-2992
Professional Snapshot
Honors and Awards
- Member, Gordon Conference, Atherosclerosis and Imaging (Synchrotron), Meriden, NH (1985)
- Laureate, American College of Physicians (2002)
- Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (1992)
- Recipient, Albion Walter Hewlett Award (1995)
- Founding Editor in Chief, Scientific American Medicine (1977-1993)
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Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Acquired disorders of protein assembly, especially those involving the displacement of proline by its lower homologue, azetidine-2-carboxylic acid.
Disorders arising from proline displacement in myelin basic protein (multiple sclerosis), hemoglobin, profilin, ion channels, hypoxia inducible factor, synaptic vesicles.
Publications
- Azetidine-2-carboxylic acid in the food chain Phytochemistry. 2009: 32-36
- Misincorporation of the proline analogue azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (Aze) in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis: hypothesis J Neuropath Exp Neurol. 2008; (11): 1035-1040
- Azetidine-2-carboxylic acid in garden beets Phytochemistry. 2006; (9): 898-903
- Alzheimer's disease, normal-pressure hydrocephalus, and senescent changes in CSF circulatory physiology: a hypothesis. Lancet Neurol. 2003; (8): 506-11
- Downregulation of cerebrospinal fluid production in patients with chronic hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg. 2002; (6): 1271-5
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