2015
A Renal-Like Organic Anion Transport System in the Ciliary Epithelium of the Bovine and Human Eye
Lee J, Shahidullah M, Hotchkiss A, Coca-Prados M, Delamere NA, Pelis RM. A Renal-Like Organic Anion Transport System in the Ciliary Epithelium of the Bovine and Human Eye. Molecular Pharmacology 2015, 87: 697-705. PMID: 25661037, PMCID: PMC6067639, DOI: 10.1124/mol.114.096578.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiological Transport, ActiveCattleCiliary BodyDicarboxylic Acid TransportersHumansKidney CortexMultidrug Resistance-Associated ProteinsOrganic Anion Transport Protein 1Organic Anion TransportersOrganic Anion Transporters, Sodium-DependentOrganic Anion Transporters, Sodium-IndependentRetinal Pigment EpitheliumRNA, MessengerSymportersConceptsCiliary bodyAqueous humorPara-aminohippurateUssing chambersOcular tissuesReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionOrganic anion transport systemHuman ocular tissuesBovine ciliary bodyHuman ciliary bodyPerfused eyePolymerase chain reactionBasolateral membraneEye preparationsTransporter expressionOrganic anion transportCiliary epitheliumAnion transport systemHuman eyeEpithelial cellsChain reactionBlood sideBlood directionEyesBarrier epithelia
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 humorIdentification of a Neuropeptide and Neuropeptide‐Processing Enzymes in Aqueous Humor Confers Neuroendocrine Features to the Human Ocular Ciliary Epithelium
Ortego J, Escribano J, Crabb J, Coca‐Prados M. Identification of a Neuropeptide and Neuropeptide‐Processing Enzymes in Aqueous Humor Confers Neuroendocrine Features to the Human Ocular Ciliary Epithelium. Journal Of Neurochemistry 1996, 66: 787-796. PMID: 8592153, DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66020787.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnimalsAqueous HumorBase SequenceCarboxypeptidase HCarboxypeptidasesCell LineChild, PreschoolChromograninsCiliary BodyEpithelial CellsEpitheliumFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHumansMixed Function OxygenasesMolecular Sequence DataMultienzyme ComplexesNeurosecretory SystemsProteinsRatsConceptsNeuropeptide processing enzymesCarboxypeptidase ECiliary epithelial cellsOcular ciliary epitheliumSecretogranin IICell-cell communicationEpithelial cellsHuman ocular ciliary epitheliumCDNA clonesCell signalingNonpigmented ciliary epithelial cellsCultured ciliary epithelial cellsProcessing enzymesMolecular markersPeptidylglycine alphaPhorbol esterSpecialized groupSpecific probesMammalian eyeNeuroendocrine tissuesEnzymeCiliary epitheliumKey functionsCellsPolymerase chain reaction
1995
Cell-specific expression of the human Na+,K(+)-ATPase beta 2 subunit isoform in the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium.
Coca-Prados M, Fernández-Cabezudo M, Sánchez-Torres J, Crabb J, Ghosh S. Cell-specific expression of the human Na+,K(+)-ATPase beta 2 subunit isoform in the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 1995, 36: 2717-28. PMID: 7499094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta 2 isoformNonpigmented ciliary epithelial cellsOcular tissuesCiliary epitheliumBeta 1NPE cell linesNonpigmented ciliary epitheliumNPE cellsHuman ocular tissuesSubunit isoformsBlot analysisATPase subunit isoformsSpecific anti-peptide antibodiesRestricted cellular distributionPolymerase chain reactionCiliary epithelial cellsBeta-subunit isoformsAlpha-subunit isoformsAnti-peptide antibodiesODM-2Polymerase chain reaction amplificationChain reaction amplificationHuman ciliary epitheliumCell-specific distributionPattern of expression