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
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
1998
Expression of pICln mRNA in cultured bovine lens epithelial cells: response to changes in cell volume
Reeves R, Sanchez-Torres J, Coca-Prados M, Cammarata P. Expression of pICln mRNA in cultured bovine lens epithelial cells: response to changes in cell volume. Current Eye Research 1998, 17: 861-869. PMID: 9746432, DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.9.861.5140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBovine lens epithelial cellsCultured bovine lens epithelial cellsLens epithelial cellsHypertonic mediumChannel regulatory proteinRapid cellular swellingEpithelial cellsNorthern blot analysisTranscriptional regulationMyo-inositol effluxRegulatory proteinsMRNA expressionAnion channelCellular shrinkageCell volume changesCell volumeBlot analysisCell volume reductionExpression levelsMRNAChloride movementExpressionCellsMedium conditionsCellular swelling
1996
Cell-attached patch clamping of the intact rabbit ciliary epithelium
Carré D, Anguíta J, Coca-Prados M, Civan M. Cell-attached patch clamping of the intact rabbit ciliary epithelium. Current Eye Research 1996, 15: 193-201. PMID: 8670728, DOI: 10.3109/02713689608997413.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
PKC-sensitive Cl- channels associated with ciliary epithelial homologue of pICln
Coca-Prados M, Anguita J, Chalfant M, Civan M. PKC-sensitive Cl- channels associated with ciliary epithelial homologue of pICln. American Journal Of Physiology 1995, 268: c572-c579. PMID: 7534980, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1995.268.3.c572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlkaloidsAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, NorthernCells, CulturedChild, PreschoolChloride ChannelsCiliaCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorElectric ConductivityEpitheliumHumansIon ChannelsKineticsMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein Kinase CRatsRNA, MessengerStaurosporine
1989
Volume regulation of cultured, transformed, non-pigmented epithelial cells from human ciliary body
Yantorno R, Coca-Prados M, Krupin T, Civan M. Volume regulation of cultured, transformed, non-pigmented epithelial cells from human ciliary body. Experimental Eye Research 1989, 49: 423-437. PMID: 2477268, DOI: 10.1016/0014-4835(89)90051-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research