VirginiaA.LightnerMD

Assistant Consulting Professor of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine

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Office
82 Wheaton Ave
Youngsville, NC 27596
Phone+1 919-562-8887

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Duke University HospitalResidency, Dermatology, 1983 - 1986
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1982

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011

PubMed

242 citations
Focal adhesion integrity is downregulated by the alternatively spliced domain of human tenascin
Joanne E. Murphy-Ullrich, Virginia A. Lightner, Ikramudin Aukhil, Y. Z. Yan, Harold P. Erickson
The Journal of Cell Biology. 1991-11-15
48 citations
Tenascin expression in prostatic hyperplasia, intraepithelial neoplasia, and carcinoma.
Stacey N. Ibrahim, Virginia A. Lightner, Joseph B. Ventimiglia, George K. Ibrahim, Philip J. Walther
Human Pathology. 1993-09-01
91 citations
Binding of hexabrachion (tenascin) to the extracellular matrix and substratum and its effect on cell adhesion.
Virginia A. Lightner, Harold P. Erickson
Journal of Cell Science. 1990-02-01

Tenascin Regulation Of Cell Matrix Interactions In SkinNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1995–1997
Characterization Of A New Cell Surface ProteinNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1986–1990