Recent Publication

Dr. Ron A. Adelman

Reeves SW, Stinnett S, Adelman RA, Afshari NA. Risk factors for progression to penetrating keratoplasty in patients with keratoconus. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Oct; 140(4):607-11.   PMID:16226512


Dr. Colin J. Barnstable

Klein RJ, Zeiss C, Chew EY, Tsai JY, Sackler RS, Haynes C, Henning AK, SanGiovanni JP, Mane SM, Mayne ST, Bracken MB, Ferris FL, Ott J, Barnstable C, Hoh J. Complement factor H polymorphism in age-related macular degeneration. Science. 2005 Apr 15; 308(5720):385-9.   PMID:15761122

Tombran-Tink J, Barnstable CJ. Space shuttle flight environment induces degeneration in the retina of rat neonates. Gravit Space Biol Bull. 2005 Jun; 18(2):97-8.   PMID:16044625

Tombran-Tink J, Aparicio S, Xu X, Tink AR, Lara N, Sawant S, Barnstable CJ, Zhang SS. PEDF and the serpins: phylogeny, sequence conservation, and functional domains. J Struct Biol. 2005 Aug; 151(2):130-50.   PMID:16040252

Zhang SS, Liu MG, Kano A, Zhang C, Fu XY, Barnstable CJ. STAT3 activation in response to growth factors or cytokines participates in retina precursor proliferation. Exp Eye Res. 2005 Jul; 81(1):103-15.   PMID:15978261

Zhang SS, Xu X, Li J, Liu MG, Zhao H, Soares MB, Barnstable CJ, Fu XY. Comprehensive in silico functional specification of mouse retina transcripts. BMC Genomics. 2005 Mar 18; 6(1):40.  PMID:15777472

Andrews ZB, Horvath B, Barnstable CJ, Elsworth J, Yang L, Beal MF, Roth RH, Matthews RT, Horvath TL. Uncoupling protein-2 is critical for nigral dopamine cell survival in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci. 2005 Jan 5; 25(1):184-91. Erratum in: J Neurosci. 2005 Feb 23; 25(8):table of contents.   PMID:15634780

Aparicio S, Sawant S, Lara N, Barnstable CJ, Tombran-Tink J. Expression of angiogenesis factors in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and their regulation by PEDF. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Jan 14; 326(2):387-94.   PMID:15582590


Dr. Miguel Coca-Prados

Yang H, Avila MY, Peterson-Yantorno K, Coca-Prados M, Stone RA, Jacobson KA, Civan MM. The cross-species A3 adenosine-receptor antagonist MRS 1292 inhibits adenosine-triggered human nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cell fluid release and reduces mouse intraocular pressure. Curr Eye Res. 2005 Sep; 30(9):747-54.   PMID:16146920

Salvador-Silva M, Ghosh S, Bertazolli-Filho R, Boatright JH, Nickerson JM, Garwin GG, Saari JC, Coca-Prados M. Retinoid processing proteins in the ocular ciliary epithelium. Mol Vis. 2005 May 18; 11:356-65.   PMID:15928609

Schlotzer-Schrehardt U, Zenkel M, Decking U, Haubs D, Kruse FE, Junemann A, Coca-Prados M, Naumann GO. Selective upregulation of the A3 adenosine receptor in eyes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome and glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Jun; 46(6):2023-34.   PMID:15914619

Aroca-Aguilar JD, Sanchez-Sanchez F, Ghosh S, Coca-Prados M, Escribano J. Myocilin mutations causing glaucoma inhibit the intracellular endoproteolytic cleavage of myocilin between amino acids Arg226 and Ile227. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jun 3; 280(22):21043-51. Epub 2005 Mar 28.   PMID:15795224

Berry FB, O'Neill MA, Coca-Prados M, Walter MA. FOXC1 transcriptional regulatory activity is impaired by PBX1 in a filamin A-mediated manner. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Feb; 25(4):1415-24.   PMID:15684392


Dr. Nigel W. Daw

McGee AW, Yang Y, Fischer QS, Daw NW, Strittmatter SM. Experience-driven plasticity of visual cortex limited by myelin and Nogo receptor. Science. 2005 Sep 30; 309(5744):2222-6.   PMID:16195464

Yang Y, Fischer QS, Zhang Y, Baumgartel K, Mansuy IM, Daw NW. Reversible blockade of experience-dependent plasticity by calcineurin in mouse visual cortex. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Jun; 8(6):791-6. Epub 2005 May 8.   PMID:15880107


Dr. Samuel Shao-Min Zhang

Zhang SS, Liu MG, Kano A, Zhang C, Fu XY, Barnstable CJ. STAT3 activation in response to growth factors or cytokines participates in retina precursor proliferation. Exp Eye Res. 2005 Jul; 81(1):103-15.   PMID:15978261

Zhang SS, Xu X, Li J, Liu MG, Zhao H, Soares MB, Barnstable CJ, Fu XY. Comprehensive in silico functional specification of mouse retina transcripts. BMC Genomics. 2005 Mar 18; 6(1):40.   PMID:15777472

Tombran-Tink J, Aparicio S, Xu X, Tink AR, Lara N, Sawant S, Barnstable CJ, Zhang SS. PEDF and the serpins: phylogeny, sequence conservation, and functional domains. J Struct Biol. 2005 Aug; 151(2):130-50.   PMID:16040252


Dr. Josephine Hoh

Feng Z, Jin S, Zupnick A, Hoh J, de Stanchina E, Lowe S, Prives C, Levine AJ. p53 tumor suppressor protein regulates the levels of huntingtin gene expression. Oncogene. 2005 Nov 7;   PMID:16278683

Markovic D, Tang X, Guruju M, Levenstien MA, Hoh J, Kumar A, Ott J. Association of angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms with essential hypertension in African-Americans and Caucasians. Hum Hered. 2005; 60(2):89-96.   PMID:16210856

Zareparsi S, Branham KE, Li M, Shah S, Klein RJ, Ott J, Hoh J, Abecasis GR, Swaroop A. Strong association of the Y402H variant in complement factor H at 1q32 with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. Am J Hum Genet. 2005 Jul; 77(1):149-53.   PMID:15895326

Klein RJ, Zeiss C, Chew EY, Tsai JY, Sackler RS, Haynes C, Henning AK, SanGiovanni JP, Mane SM, Mayne ST, Bracken MB, Ferris FL, Ott J, Barnstable C, Hoh J. Complement factor H polymorphism in age-related macular degeneration. Science. 2005 Apr 15; 308(5720):385-9.   PMID:15761122


Dr. Joyce Tombran-Tink

Tombran-Tink J, Barnstable CJ. Space shuttle flight environment induces degeneration in the retina of rat neonates. Gravit Space Biol Bull. 2005 Jun; 18(2):97-8.   PMID:16044625

Tombran-Tink J, Aparicio S, Xu X, Tink AR, Lara N, Sawant S, Barnstable CJ, Zhang SS. PEDF and the serpins: phylogeny, sequence conservation, and functional domains. J Struct Biol. 2005 Aug; 151(2):130-50.   PMID:16040252

Tombran-Tink J. The neuroprotective and angiogenesis inhibitory serpin, PEDF: new insights into phylogeny, function, and signaling. Front Biosci. 2005 Sep 1; 10:2131-49.   PMID:15970483

Uchida H, Hayashi H, Kuroki M, Uno K, Yamada H, Yamashita Y, Tombran-Tink J, Kuroki M, Oshima K. Vitamin A up-regulates the expression of thrombospondin-1 and pigment epithelium-derived factor in retinal pigment epithelial cells. Exp Eye Res. 2005 Jan; 80(1):23-30.   PMID:15652522

Aparicio S, Sawant S, Lara N, Barnstable CJ, Tombran-Tink J. Expression of angiogenesis factors in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and their regulation by PEDF. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Jan 14; 326(2):387-94.   PMID:15582590


Dr. Caroline J. Zeiss

Zeiss CJ, Allore HG, Towle V, Tao W. CNTF induces dose-dependent alterations in retinal morphology in normal and rcd-1 canine retina. Exp Eye Res. 2005 Sep 2;   PMID:16143329

Ovadia S, Wilson SR, Zeiss CJ. Successful cyclosporine treatment for atopic dermatitis in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). Comp Med. 2005 Apr; 55(2):192-6.   PMID:15884783


Dr. David Zenisek

Prescott ED, Zenisek D. Recent progress towards understanding the synaptic ribbon.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2005 Aug; 15(4):431-6. Review.   PMID:16023852

Merrifield CJ, Perrais D, Zenisek D. Coupling between clathrin-coated-pit invagination, cortactin recruitment, and membrane scission observed in live cells. Cell. 2005 May 20; 121(4):593-606.   PMID:15907472

Zenisek D. Vesicle reuse revisited. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 24; 102(21):7407-8.   PMID:15899973