2001
Molecular Evidence That Human Ocular Ciliary Epithelium Expresses Components Involved in Phototransduction
Bertazolli-Filho R, Ghosh S, Huang W, Wollmann G, Coca-Prados M. Molecular Evidence That Human Ocular Ciliary Epithelium Expresses Components Involved in Phototransduction. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2001, 284: 317-325. PMID: 11394879, DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalArrestinBlotting, WesternCalcium-Binding ProteinsCattleCell LineCiliary BodyCyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation ChannelsEpithelial CellsEye ProteinsFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectG-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1HippocalcinHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryIon ChannelsLight Signal TransductionLipoproteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesProtein KinasesProtein SubunitsRecoverinRetinaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRhodopsinRNA, MessengerSequence Analysis, DNATransducinConceptsHuman ocular ciliary epitheliumCiliary epitheliumOcular ciliary epitheliumNPE cellsCiliary epithelial cell linePars plicata regionIntact ciliary epitheliumWestern blot analysisCultured NPE cellsEpithelial cell lineExpression of rhodopsinIndirect immunofluorescenceVisual arrestinHuman retinaMonoclonal antibodiesHuman ciliary epitheliumThree- to fourfoldEpitheliumRT-PCRPhotoreceptor cellsRhodopsin mRNABlot analysisCell linesRetinaRhodopsin kinase
1996
Gene expression of the neurotrophic pigment epithelium-derived factor in the human ciliary epithelium. Synthesis and secretion into the aqueous humor.
Ortego J, Escribano J, Becerra S, Coca-Prados M. Gene expression of the neurotrophic pigment epithelium-derived factor in the human ciliary epithelium. Synthesis and secretion into the aqueous humor. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 1996, 37: 2759-67. PMID: 8977492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAqueous HumorBlotting, NorthernCattleCell LineCells, CulturedChromatography, AffinityCiliary BodyDNA PrimersEye ProteinsFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGene ExpressionHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesNerve Growth FactorsPigment Epithelium of EyePolymerase Chain ReactionProtein BiosynthesisProteinsRabbitsSerpinsTranscription, GeneticConceptsPigment epithelium-derived factorEpithelium-derived factorPolymerase chain reactionCiliary epitheliumCiliary bodyOcular tissuesBlot analysisHuman ciliary epitheliumNeuronal survival activityHuman ocular ciliary epitheliumRetinal pigment epitheliumNorthern blot analysisCell linesBovine ocular tissuesPars plicata regionOcular ciliary bodyOcular ciliary epitheliumWestern blot analysisFactor antibodyPEDF expressionTrophic factorsPigment epitheliumPEDF proteinPEDF transcriptAqueous humor