Lawrence James Rizzolo, PhD, FARVO
Associate Professor of Surgery (Gross Anatomy) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Director of Medical Studies
Departments & Organizations

Stem Cell Center, Yale
Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Surgery
Research Interests
Retinal disease; Tight junctions; Outer blood-retinal barrier; Epithelia; Medical education more...
Education
- Ph.D., Duke University, 1977
Selected Publications
- Rizzolo, L.J., Peng, S., Luo, Y, and Xiao, W., (2011) Integration of tight junctions and claudins with the barrier functions of the retinal pigment epithelium. Prog. Retin. Eye Res. 30:296-323.
- Peng, S., Rao, V.S., Adelman, R.A., and Rizzolo, L.J. (2011) Claudin-19 and the barrier properties of the human retinal pigment epithelium. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 52, 1392-1403.
- Luo,Y., Xiao, W., Zhu, X., Mao, Y., Liu, X., Chen, X., Huang, J., Tang, S., and Rizzolo, L.J. (2011) Differential Expression of Claudins in Retinas during Normal Development and the Angiogenesis of Oxygen Induced Retinopathy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 52, 7556-7564


