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
1987
Evidence that the α and α(+) isoforms of the catalytic subunit of (Na+,K+)-ATPase reside in distinct ciliary epithelial cells of the mammalian eye
Coca-Prados M, López-Briones L. Evidence that the α and α(+) isoforms of the catalytic subunit of (Na+,K+)-ATPase reside in distinct ciliary epithelial cells of the mammalian eye. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1987, 145: 460-466. PMID: 3036129, DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)91343-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatalytic subunitCiliary epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsNPE cellsCultured ciliary epithelial cellsBasolateral surfaceImmunoblot analysisCiliary processesIntact ciliary processesMammalian eyeATPasePE cellsSubunitsPolyclonal antibodiesCanine kidneyCellsAlpha formAlphaIndirect immunofluorescenceIsoformsProteinBovine eyes