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Research to Prevent Blindness

Research Database

Harvard Medical School Research, funded by RPB in 2014 matching Departmental Grant

11 Citations, Sorted by Month and Year

December, 2014
Effects of metformin on retinoblastoma growth in vitro and in vivo.

Brodowska K, Theodoropoulou S, Meyer Zu Horste M, Paschalis EI, Takeuchi K, Scott G, Ramsey DJ, Kiernan E, Hoang M, Cichy J, Miller JW, Gragoudas ES, Vavvas DG

Int J Oncol. 2014 Dec;45(6):2311-24

Harvard Medical School - Physician-Scientist Award - Vavvas, Demetrios G / MD, PhD Departmental Grant

Keyword: Ocular Oncology/Pterygium

October, 2014
A murine RP1 missense mutation causes protein mislocalization and slowly progressive photoreceptor degeneration.

Song D, Grieco S, Li Y, Hunter A, Chu S, Zhao L, Song Y, DeAngelis RA, Shi LY, Liu Q, Pierce EA, Nishina PM, Lambris JD, Dunaief JL

Am J Pathol. 2014 Oct;184(10):2721-9

Harvard Medical School - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Gene Research/Therapy, Retinitis Pigmentosa

Mutations in pre-mRNA processing factors 3, 8, and 31 cause dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium.

Farkas MH, Lew DS, Sousa ME, Bujakowska K, Chatagnon J, Bhattacharya SS, Pierce EA, Nandrot EF

Am J Pathol. 2014 Oct;184(10):2641-52

Harvard Medical School - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Gene Research/Therapy, Retinitis Pigmentosa

September, 2014
Characterization of a spontaneous retinal neovascular mouse model.

Hasegawa E, Sweigard H, Husain D, Olivares AM, Chang B, Smith KE, Birsner AE, D'Amato RJ, Michaud NA, Han Y, Vavvas DG, Miller JW, Haider NB, Connor KM

PLoS One. 2014 Sep 4;9(9):e106507

Harvard Medical School - Special Scholar Award - Connor, Kip M / PhD Physician-Scientist Award - Vavvas, Demetrios G / MD, PhD Departmental Grant

Keyword: Retina/Retinal Diseases

UV cross-linking of donor corneas confers resistance to keratolysis.

Arafat SN, Robert MC, Shukla AN, Dohlman CH, Chodosh J, Ciolino JB

Cornea. 2014 Sep;33(9):955-9

Harvard Medical School - Senior Scientific Investigator Award - Chodosh, James / MD, MPH Career Development Award - Ciolino, Joseph Bowers / MD Departmental Grant

Keyword: Cornea

July, 2014
Cytochrome P450-generated metabolites derived from omega-3 fatty acids attenuate neovascularization.

Yanai R, Mulki L, Hasegawa E, Takeuchi K, Sweigard H, Suzuki J, Gaissert P, Vavvas DG, Sonoda KH, Rothe M, Schunck WH, Miller JW, Connor KM

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 1;111(26):9603-8

Harvard Medical School - Special Scholar Award - Connor, Kip M / PhD Physician-Scientist Award - Vavvas, Demetrios G / MD, PhD Departmental Grant

Keywords: AMD, Other: Ocular Neovascularization

The alternative complement pathway regulates pathological angiogenesis in the retina.

Sweigard JH, Yanai R, Gaissert P, Saint-Geniez M, Kataoka K, Thanos A, Stahl GL, Lambris JD, Connor KM

FASEB J. 2014 Jul;28(7):3171-82

Harvard Medical School - Special Scholar Award - Connor, Kip M / PhD Departmental Grant

Keyword: Retina/Retinal Diseases

May, 2014
Mammalian STE20-like kinase 2, not kinase 1, mediates photoreceptor cell death during retinal detachment.

Matsumoto H, Murakami Y, Kataoka K, Lin H, Connor KM, Miller JW, Zhou D, Avruch J, Vavvas DG

Cell Death Dis. 2014 May 29;5:e1269

Harvard Medical School - Special Scholar Award - Connor, Kip M / PhD Physician-Scientist Award - Vavvas, Demetrios G / MD, PhD Departmental Grant

Keyword: Retina/Retinal Diseases

Strain difference in photoreceptor cell death after retinal detachment in mice.

Matsumoto H, Kataoka K, Tsoka P, Connor KM, Miller JW, Vavvas DG

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 May 22;55(7):4165-74

Harvard Medical School - Special Scholar Award - Connor, Kip M / PhD Physician-Scientist Award - Vavvas, Demetrios G / MD, PhD Departmental Grant

Keywords: AMD, Retina/Retinal Diseases, Retinal Detachment

March, 2014
EGF-like-domain-7 is required for VEGF-induced Akt/ERK activation and vascular tube formation in an ex vivo angiogenesis assay.

Takeuchi K, Yanai R, Kumase F, Morizane Y, Suzuki J, Kayama M, Brodowska K, Nakazawa M, Miller JW, Connor KM, Vavvas DG

PLoS One. 2014 Mar 19;9(3):e91849

Harvard Medical School - Special Scholar Award - Connor, Kip M / PhD Physician-Scientist Award - Vavvas, Demetrios G / MD, PhD Departmental Grant

Keywords: AMD, Diabetic Retinopathy

February, 2014
Association of CAV1/CAV2 genomic variants with primary open-angle glaucoma overall and by gender and pattern of visual field loss.

Loomis SJ, Kang JH, Weinreb RN, Yaspan BL, Cooke Bailey JN, Gaasterland D, Gaasterland T, Lee RK, Lichter PR, Budenz DL, Liu Y, Realini T, Friedman DS, McCarty CA, Moroi SE, Olson L, Schuman JS, Singh K, Vollrath D, Wollstein G, Zack DJ, Brilliant M, Sit AJ, Christen WG, Fingert J, Kraft P, Zhang K, Allingham RR, Pericak-Vance MA, Richards JE, Hauser MA, Haines JL, Pasquale LR, Wiggs JL

Ophthalmology. 2014 Feb;121(2):508-16

Harvard Medical School - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Glaucoma

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