2003
CRALBP transcriptional regulation in ciliary epithelial, retinal Müller and retinal pigment epithelial cells
Kennedy BN, Li C, Ortego J, Coca-Prados M, Sarthy VP, Crabb JW. CRALBP transcriptional regulation in ciliary epithelial, retinal Müller and retinal pigment epithelial cells. Experimental Eye Research 2003, 76: 257-260. PMID: 12565814, DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4835(02)00308-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptional regulationBinding Protein FunctionsCell-specific expressionPromoter analysisProtein functionRepressor elementEnhancer elementsPromoter constructsReporter activityRetinal pigment epithelial cellsPigment epithelial cellsCiliary epitheliumEpithelial cellsVisual cycleRPE cellsBPRegulationRetinal pigment epitheliumCellsMüller cellsGenesMutationsRLBP1 geneEpitheliumWildtype
1999
Differential gene expression in the human ciliary epithelium
Coca-Prados M, Escribano J, Ortego J. Differential gene expression in the human ciliary epithelium. Progress In Retinal And Eye Research 1999, 18: 403-429. PMID: 10192520, DOI: 10.1016/s1350-9462(98)00026-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferential gene expressionCell-specific expressionDiversity of functionsExpression of genesOcular ciliary bodySubtractive libraryNeuropeptide processing enzymesMolecular basisGene expressionCultured ciliary epithelial cellsCell differentiationCiliary epitheliumHuman ciliary epitheliumAntioxidative enzymesGenesCiliary epithelial cellsRegulatory peptidesLight-dark cycleEpithelial cellsMuscle cellsCiliary muscle cellsAutocrine mechanismExpressionPlasma proteinsParacrine mechanisms