Functional genomic screening identifies dual leucine zipper kinase as a key mediator of retinal ganglion cell death

DS Welsbie, Z Yang, Y Ge, KL Mitchell… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Glaucoma, a major cause of blindness worldwide, is a neurodegenerative optic neuropathy
in which vision loss is caused by loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). To better define the …

Attenuation of axonal degeneration by calcium channel inhibitors improves retinal ganglion cell survival and regeneration after optic nerve crush

VT Ribas, JC Koch, U Michel, M Bähr, P Lingor - Molecular neurobiology, 2017 - Springer
Axonal degeneration is one of the initial steps in many traumatic and neurodegenerative
central nervous system (CNS) disorders and thus a promising therapeutic target. A focal …

Engineered Bio-functional Material Based Nerve Guide Conduits for Optic Nerve Regeneration: a View from the Cellular Perspective, Challenges and the Future …

E Obeng, B Shen, W Wang, Z Xie… - Regenerative …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Nerve injuries can be tantamount to severe impairment, standard treatment such as the use
of autograft or surgery comes with complications and confers a shortened relief. The …

[HTML][HTML] TGF-β mediated DNA methylation in prostate cancer

C Lee, Q Zhang, X Zi, A Dash, MB Soares… - Translational …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Almost all tumors harbor a defective negative feedback loop of signaling by transforming
growth factor-β (TGF-β). Epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation, including DNA …

Hydrostatic pressure does not cause detectable changes in survival of human retinal ganglion cells

A Osborne, A Aldarwesh, JD Rhodes, DC Broadway… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is a major risk factor for glaucoma. One
consequence of raised IOP is that ocular tissues are subjected to increased hydrostatic …

Compounds and methods of use thereof for treating neurodegenerative disorders

DJ Zack, DS Welsbie, Z Yang - US Patent 9,539,259, 2017 - Google Patents
US9539259B2 - Compounds and methods of use thereof for treating neurodegenerative
disorders - Google Patents US9539259B2 - Compounds and methods of use thereof for treating …

Activation of transcription factor AP-1 in response to thermal injury in rat small intestine and IEC-6 cells

Y Zhang, H Zhao, T Liu, C Wan, X Liu, Z Gao… - BMC …, 2015 - Springer
Background Our previous studies indicated that heat stress can cause significant damage to
the intestinal epithelium and induce differential expression of many genes in rat small …

Diffuse Traumatic Axonal Injury Within the Visual System: Implications for Visual Pathway Reorganization

J Wang - 2012 - scholarscompass.vcu.edu
Traumatic brain injury is a major health problem with much of its morbidity associated with
traumatic axonal injury (TAI). To date, significant insight has been gained into the initiating …