2010
Design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative anatomy course
Rizzolo LJ, Rando WC, O'Brien MK, Haims AH, Abrahams JJ, Stewart WB. Design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative anatomy course. Anatomical Sciences Education 2010, 3: 109-120. PMID: 20496432, DOI: 10.1002/ase.152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnatomy courseFaculty developmentMedical school gross anatomy courseInnovative course designPreparation of facultyStudent focus groupsPerformance of studentsNew learning objectivesFocus groupsGross anatomy courseOngoing assessment processStudent satisfactionCourse designLearning supportLearning objectivesStudents oneCourse examinationsStudentsDissection courseAssessment processOriginal courseRedesign processSurvey resultsAssessment ProgramCourse
2004
The apical and basal environments of the retinal pigment epithelium regulate the maturation of tight junctions during development
Rahner C, Fukuhara M, Peng S, Kojima S, Rizzolo LJ. The apical and basal environments of the retinal pigment epithelium regulate the maturation of tight junctions during development. Journal Of Cell Science 2004, 117: 3307-3318. PMID: 15226402, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsCell SeparationCells, CulturedChick EmbryoCulture Media, ConditionedDNA PrimersElectric ImpedanceElectrophysiologyFibroblastsFreeze FracturingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMicroscopy, FluorescenceNerve Tissue ProteinsPigment Epithelium of EyePolymerase Chain ReactionRetinaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTight JunctionsTime Factors
1997
A culture model of development reveals multiple properties of RPE tight junctions.
Ban Y, Rizzolo L. A culture model of development reveals multiple properties of RPE tight junctions. Molecular Vision 1997, 3: 18. PMID: 9479009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsCell CountCell Membrane PermeabilityChick EmbryoCulture Media, ConditionedCulture TechniquesFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHorseradish PeroxidaseInulinMannitolMembrane ProteinsPhalloidinePhosphoproteinsPigment Epithelium of EyeTight JunctionsTime FactorsZonula Occludens-1 Protein
1995
The distribution of Na+,K+-atpase and 5a11 antigen in apical microvilli of the retinal pigment epithelium is unrelated to α-spectrin
Rizzolo L, Zhou S. The distribution of Na+,K+-atpase and 5a11 antigen in apical microvilli of the retinal pigment epithelium is unrelated to α-spectrin. Journal Of Cell Science 1995, 108: 3623-3633. PMID: 8586673, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108.11.3623.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha-spectrinPlasma membranePlasma membrane proteinsDevelopment of polarityLateral plasma membraneBasal plasma membraneMembrane proteinsCortical cytoskeletonMacromolecular complexesBeta spectrinAnkyrinChick embryogenesisApical poleCytoskeletonEmbryonic day 6RPE microvilliLateral membranesReceptor proteinMost epitheliaSpectrin distributionΑ-spectrinApical membraneIon pumpsApical microvilliProtein