2012
Effects of Proinflammatory Cytokines on the Claudin-19 Rich Tight Junctions of Human Retinal Pigment EpitheliumCytokine Effects on RPE Tight Junctions
Peng S, Gan G, Rao VS, Adelman RA, Rizzolo LJ. Effects of Proinflammatory Cytokines on the Claudin-19 Rich Tight Junctions of Human Retinal Pigment EpitheliumCytokine Effects on RPE Tight Junctions. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2012, 53: 5016-5028. PMID: 22761260, PMCID: PMC3410691, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman fetal RPEEffects of TNFαTransepithelial electrical resistanceProinflammatory cytokinesClaudin-19Tight junctionsAge-related macular degenerationZO-1Effects of cytokinesApical sideSubclinical inflammationTumor necrosisMacular degenerationTNFα receptorsOcular diseasesTNFαSerum-free mediumClaudin-3RPE tight junctionsFetal RPECytokinesClaudin-2Confocal immunofluorescence microscopyInhibitor of apoptosis
1998
Protein-Binding Domains of the Tight Junction Protein, ZO-2, Are Highly Conserved between Avian and Mammalian Species
Collins J, Rizzolo L. Protein-Binding Domains of the Tight Junction Protein, ZO-2, Are Highly Conserved between Avian and Mammalian Species. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1998, 252: 617-622. PMID: 9837755, DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-binding domainsSrc homology 3ZO-2ZO-3Homologous domainsMAGUK protein familyDistinct PDZ domainsProtein binding domainsZO-1Apical junctional complexHomology 3PDZ domainProtein familySH3 domainAcidic domainEvolutionary pressureMammalian speciesJunctional complexesEmbryonic chicken retinaJunction proteinsTight junctionsDifferent functionsProteinTight junction proteinsSequence
1997
Remodeling of junctional complexes during the development of the outer blood‐retinal barrier
Williams C, Rizzolo L. Remodeling of junctional complexes during the development of the outer blood‐retinal barrier. The Anatomical Record 1997, 249: 380-388. PMID: 9372172, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0185(199711)249:3<380::aid-ar9>3.0.co;2-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumApical junctional complexOuter blood-retinal barrierBlood-retinal barrierNeural retinaZO-1Junctional complexesOccludin expressionRPE developmentMature retinal pigment epitheliumRPE/choroidZO-1 expressionTight junction proteinsEmbryonic day 3Same molecular massEmbryonic day 10Adherens junctionsPigment epitheliumDay 3Day 10Homologous complexesMolecular massRetinaJunction proteinsJunction permeability