1999
Effects of hypotonic swelling on the cellular distribution and expression of pICln in human nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cells
Sánchez-Torres J, Huang W, Civan M, Coca-Prados M. Effects of hypotonic swelling on the cellular distribution and expression of pICln in human nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Current Eye Research 1999, 18: 408-416. PMID: 10435827, DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.6.408.5266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen reading frameCiliary epithelial cellsPlasma membraneFusion proteinWestern blot analysisEpithelial cellsCellular distributionTag fusion proteinCandidate gene productsBlot analysisHuman nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cellsTotal cell extractsHypotonic treatmentHuman ciliary epithelial cellsMammalian cellsPolyclonal antibodiesReading frameGene productsNonpigmented ciliary epithelial cellsCultured ciliary epithelial cellsPerinuclear regionCellular localizationCell extractsCultured cellsProtein
1997
Molecular Characterization and Differential Gene Induction of the Neuroendocrine‐Specific Genes Neurotensin, Neurotensin Receptor, PC1, PC2, and 7B2 in the Human Ocular Ciliary Epithelium
Ortego J, Coca‐Prados M. Molecular Characterization and Differential Gene Induction of the Neuroendocrine‐Specific Genes Neurotensin, Neurotensin Receptor, PC1, PC2, and 7B2 in the Human Ocular Ciliary Epithelium. Journal Of Neurochemistry 1997, 69: 1829-1839. PMID: 9349525, DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69051829.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesCell LineCiliary BodyColforsinDexamethasoneDNA PrimersEnzyme InductionEpithelial CellsFurinGene Expression RegulationHumansIsoproterenolModels, BiologicalNerve Growth FactorsNeurosecretory SystemsNeurotensinPolymerase Chain ReactionProprotein Convertase 2Proprotein ConvertasesReceptors, NeurotensinSubtilisinsTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateTimololTranscriptional ActivationUp-RegulationConceptsOcular ciliary epitheliumDifferential gene inductionImportant physiological functionsHuman ocular ciliary epitheliumHuman cell linesTransduction pathwaysGene inductionGene expressionCiliary epitheliumBeta2-adrenergic receptorMolecular characterizationPhysiological functionsCell extractsODM-2Human ciliary epitheliumNeuroepithelial cellsSame inducersPhorbol esterCell linesNeuroendocrine tissuesExpressionGrowth factorParacrine mechanismsPC2 expressionNerve growth factor