Luis Andres Garza, M.D., Ph.D. -- Dermatology Faculty

Education
1994    B.A.        Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences
2001    MD.,PhD.    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2005    Residency University of Michigan Department of Dermatology

Clinical Specialties
General Dermatology

Research Area of Interest
Use of UVA1 to treat scleroderma
Effects of tissue expansion on skin sclerosis
Biology in health and disease of hair and hair stem cells

Selected Publications

Summers SA, Garza LA, Zhou H, Birnbaum MJ: Regulation of Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Transporter GLUT4 Translocation and AKT kinase activity by Ceramide. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(9):5457-5464, 1998.
Zheng Z, Khoo A, Fambrough D Jr., Garza L, Booker R: Homeotic gene expression in the wild-type and a homeotic mutant of the moth Manduca sexta. Development Genes & Evolution. 209(8):460-72, 1999.
Summers SA, Yin VP, Whitman EL, Garza LA, Cho H, Tuttle RL, Birnbaum MJ: Signaling Pathways Mediating Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Transport. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 892:169-186, 1999.
Hausdorff SF, Fingar DC, Morioka K, Whitman EL, Garza LA, Summers SA, Birnbaum MJ: Identification of Wortmannin-Sensitive Targets in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes: Dissociation of Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake and GLUT4 Translocation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(35):24677-24684, 1999.
Garza LA and Birnbaum MJ: Trafficking of the Insulin-Responsive Aminopetidase (IRAP) in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(4):2560-7, 2000.
Hanakawa Y, Lin C, Garza L, Sugai M, Schechter N, Amagai M, Stanley J: Molecular Mechanisms for Specific Cleavage of Desmoglein 1 by Exfoliative Toxins. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(1):53-60, 2002.
Garza LA. Atopic Dermatits: A Review. Postgraduate Dermatology. 1(2):1-3, 2003.
Garza LA, Yoo EK, Junkins-Hopkins J, VanVoorhees. Photo Recall-Like Effect with Cefazolin: A Case Report. Cutis. 73(1):79-80,85, 2004.
Garza LA. Seborrheic Dermatitis: A Review. Postgraduate Dermatology. 2 (1):1-2, 2004.
Muschel RJ, Bernhard EJ, Garza L, McKenna WG, Koch CJ: Induction of apoptosis at different oxygen tensions: evidence that oxygen radicals do not mediate apoptotic signaling. Cancer Research. 55(5):995-8, 1995.
Garza LA, Fisher GJ, Cho S, Kafi R, Mayes M, Ratanatharathorn V, Voorhees JJ, Kang S. Ultraviolet A1 therapy for scleroderma and sclerodermoid graft-versus-host diseases. Manuscript in preparation.
Garza LA, Fisher GJ, Kang S, Voorhees JJ. Effects on Collagen Production after Tissue Expansion through Topical Injection of Hyaluronic Acid. Manuscript in preparation.