Eric D Buras

 Eric buras
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
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Eric D Buras
Eric buras
Assistant Professor
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    • Qualifications
    • MD, PhD
      Baylor College of Medicine, Office of the Registrar One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
      2003 - 2013
    • BS
      University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
      1998 - 2002

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute

    Research Overview

    • Skeletal muscle physiology with specific focus on the impact of obesity and diabetes on contractile function

    • Skeletal muscle stromal biology with specific focus on fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAPs)

    • Obesity impact on respiratory function

    • Sarcopenic obesity and diabetic myoatrophy: Basic cellular mechanisms

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      EBF2 variant identified in a patient with atypical partial lipodystrophy causes adipose fibrosis and dysfunction
      Foss-Freitas MC, Gilio D, Pais L, Buras ED, Kaul Verma R, O'Leary M, Rehm HL, Glaze C, Russell K, Monteiro da Rocha A, Neidert A, Seale P, Udler MS, Oral EA, Chun TH. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026 Mar 16; 136 (6): DOI:10.1172/JCI192737
      PMID: 41615236
    • Journal Article
      Muscle Ultrasound Echo Intensity Detects Insulin Resistance Before Changes in HbA1c or Fasting Glucose, Independent of BMI: A Novel Tool for Early Risk Stratification
      Soliman SB, Leuteneker JE, Chugh OK, Zhang T, Tuska B, Rode T, Sanchez MJ, Buras ED, Horowitz JF. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2025 Nov 18; DOI:10.1002/jum.70126
    • Journal Article
      MON-709 Fibro-inflammatory Stromal Cells Produce Atrophy-inducing Paracrine Factors in a Mouse model of Diabetes-associated Sarcopenia
      Patterson SK, Syed JAC, Yang J, Woo M-S, Buras ED. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2025 Oct 24; 9 (Supplement_1): bvaf149.045 DOI:10.1210/jendso/bvaf149.045
      PMID: PMC12545261
    • Journal Article
      MON-719 Alterations in Diaphragm Neuromuscular Junctions and Associated Mesenchymal Cells in Obesity-associated Respiratory Dysfunction
      Syed JAC, Patterson S, Yang J, Woo M-S, Buras ED. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2025 Oct 24; 9 (Supplement_1): bvaf149.054 DOI:10.1210/jendso/bvaf149.054
      PMID: PMC12544269
    • Journal Article
      44-OR: Fibro-inflammatory Stromal Cells Produce Atrophy-Inducing Paracrine Factors in a Mouse Model of Diabetic Sarcopenia
      PATTERSON SK, AHAMED CUMBUM SYED J, YANG J, WOO M-S, BURAS ED. Diabetes, 2025 Jun 16; 74 (Supplement_1): DOI:10.2337/db25-44-or
    • Journal Article
      470-P: Alterations in NMJ-Associated Stromal Cells in Diaphragms of Mice with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
      AHAMED CUMBUM SYED J, PATTERSON SK, YANG J, WOO M-S, BURAS ED. Diabetes, 2025 Jun 16; 74 (Supplement_1): DOI:10.2337/db25-470-p
    • Presentation
      Fibro-inflammatory Stromal Cells Produce Atrophy-inducing Paracrine Factors in a Mouse Model of Sarcopenic Obesity
      Buras E. 2025 Jan 27;
    • Journal Article
      Ototoxicity-related changes in GABA immunolabeling within the rat inferior colliculus
      Holt AG, Griffith RD, Lee SD, Asako M, Buras E, Yalcinoglu S, Altschuler RA. Hearing Research, 2025 Jan 27; 452: DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2024.109106