2007
New perspectives in aqueous humor secretion and in glaucoma: The ciliary body as a multifunctional neuroendocrine gland
Coca-Prados M, Escribano J. New perspectives in aqueous humor secretion and in glaucoma: The ciliary body as a multifunctional neuroendocrine gland. Progress In Retinal And Eye Research 2007, 26: 239-262. PMID: 17321191, DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2007.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraocular pressureCiliary bodyAqueous humor secretionAqueous humorCiliary epitheliumGlaucoma-associated genesImmune privilege statusDevelopment of glaucomaGlutamate-metabolizing enzymesPathophysiology of glaucomaAnti-angiogenic factorsSteroid-converting enzymesDiurnal circadian rhythmCiliary blood flowOcular ciliary bodyAnterior segmentBlood flowMultifactorial eventGlaucomaNeuroendocrine systemOutflow pathwayEndocrine communicationEndocrine systemEndocrine peptidesRegulatory peptides
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 mechanismsIdentification, expression and chromosome localization of a human gene encoding a novel protein with similarity to the pilB family of transcriptional factors (pilin) and to bacterial peptide methionine sulfoxide reductases
Huang W, Escribano J, Sarfarazi M, Coca-Prados M. Identification, expression and chromosome localization of a human gene encoding a novel protein with similarity to the pilB family of transcriptional factors (pilin) and to bacterial peptide methionine sulfoxide reductases. Gene 1999, 233: 233-240. PMID: 10375640, DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(99)00131-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 10Ciliary BodyDNA, ComplementaryFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHelicobacter pyloriHumansMethionine Sulfoxide ReductasesMicrofilament ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataOxidoreductasesPhylogenySequence Homology, Amino AcidStreptococcus pneumoniaeTranscription FactorsConceptsPeptide methionine sulfoxide reductaseCBS-1Ocular ciliary bodyChromosome localizationNovel proteinSignificant identitySulfoxide reductaseTranscription factorsCarboxyl terminusAmino acid sequence identityMammalian transcription factorsGlycine-rich proteinTerminal regionAmino acidsMethionine sulfoxide reductaseOpen reading frameRegulation of expressionAmino-terminal regionAmino acid sequenceCarboxyl-terminal regionMarkers WIIntergenic regionChromosome 10p12Human genesReading frame
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
1995
Isolation and Characterization of Cell-Specific cDNA Clones from a Subtractive Library of the Ocular Ciliary Body of a Single Normal Human Donor: Transcription and Synthesis of Plasma Proteins1
Escribano J, Ortego J, Coca-Prados M. Isolation and Characterization of Cell-Specific cDNA Clones from a Subtractive Library of the Ocular Ciliary Body of a Single Normal Human Donor: Transcription and Synthesis of Plasma Proteins1. The Journal Of Biochemistry 1995, 118: 921-931. PMID: 8749308, DOI: 10.1093/jb/118.5.921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubtractive cDNA libraryOcular ciliary bodyCDNA clonesCDNA libraryCell-restricted expressionPartial DNA sequencesCell-specific genesPotential candidate genesSubtractive libraryComplement component C4Significant homologyHomology searchProtein databaseDNA sequencesCiliary bodyCandidate genesTranscriptional expressionNorthern hybridizationSignificant genesGenesIntraocular pressureCiliary epithelial cellsPlasma proteinsProteinVascular endothelial cells