2014
The Blood-Aqueous Barrier in Health and Disease
Coca-Prados M. The Blood-Aqueous Barrier in Health and Disease. Journal Of Glaucoma 2014, 23: s36-s38. PMID: 25275903, DOI: 10.1097/ijg.0000000000000107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood-aqueous barrierTight junctionsInflammatory ocular diseasesBlood-borne moleculesInner wall endotheliumInflammatory cellsBarrier dysfunctionVascular leakagePharmacologic agentsAnterior segmentOcular diseasesSchlemm's canalIris vasculatureCiliary processesEndothelial cellsJunctional complexesGap junctionsParacellular transportPhysiological changesDiseaseEyesCanalCellsApical junctional complex
2009
Localization of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2 in the Nonpigmented Ciliary Epithelium of the Eye
Pelis RM, Shahidullah M, Ghosh S, Coca-Prados M, Wright SH, Delamere NA. Localization of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2 in the Nonpigmented Ciliary Epithelium of the Eye. Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics 2009, 329: 479-485. PMID: 19201990, PMCID: PMC2672870, DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.149625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonpigmented epitheliumMicroM MK571Ciliary bodyMultidrug resistance associated protein 2Therapeutic drugsMrp2 proteinIntracellular accumulationBlood-aqueous barrierNonpigmented ciliary epitheliumProtein 2Human ciliary bodyMicroM indomethacinMRP inhibitorsIntraocular tissuesAqueous humorApical membraneMRP2 mRNAWestern blotMultidrug resistanceCiliary epitheliumMicroM cyclosporinPorcine eyesMRP2Cell layerNative human