Search Results - "Gelfand, Bradley D"
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A Revised Hemodynamic Theory of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published in Trends in molecular medicine (01-08-2016)“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) afflicts one out of every 40 individuals worldwide, causing irreversible central blindness in millions. The…”
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DICER1 Loss and Alu RNA Induce Age-Related Macular Degeneration via the NLRP3 Inflammasome and MyD88
Published in Cell (11-05-2012)“…Alu RNA accumulation due to DICER1 deficiency in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) is implicated in geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form…”
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Identification of fluoxetine as a direct NLRP3 inhibitor to treat atrophic macular degeneration
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-10-2021)“…The atrophic form of age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD) affects nearly 200 million people worldwide. There is no Food and Drug Administration…”
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A non-canonical, interferon-independent signaling activity of cGAMP triggers DNA damage response signaling
Published in Nature communications (27-10-2021)“…Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate (cGAMP), produced by cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), stimulates the production of type I interferons…”
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Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors possess intrinsic anti-inflammatory activity
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21-11-2014)“…Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are mainstay therapeutics for HIV that block retrovirus replication. Alu (an endogenous retroelement that…”
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Compartmentalized citrullination in Muller glial endfeet during retinal degeneration
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-03-2022)“…Muller glia (MG) play a central role in reactive gliosis, a stress response associated with rare and common retinal degenerative diseases, including…”
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Effects of donor-specific microvascular anatomy on hemodynamic perfusion in human choriocapillaris
Published in Scientific reports (19-12-2023)“…Evidence from histopathology and clinical imaging suggest that choroidal anatomy and hemodynamic perfusion are among the earliest changes in retinal diseases…”
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Subretinal injection in mice to study retinal physiology and disease
Published in Nature protocols (01-06-2022)“…Subretinal injection (SRI) is a widely used technique in retinal research and can be used to deliver nucleic acids, small molecules, macromolecules, viruses,…”
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Chronic Dicer1 deficiency promotes atrophic and neovascular outer retinal pathologies in mice
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-02-2020)“…Degeneration of the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) and aberrant blood vessel growth in the eye are advanced-stage processes in blinding diseases such as…”
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Iron Toxicity in the Retina Requires Alu RNA and the NLRP3 Inflammasome
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (23-06-2015)“…Excess iron induces tissue damage and is implicated in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Iron toxicity is widely attributed to hydroxyl radical formation…”
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DICER1/Alu RNA dysmetabolism induces Caspase-8–mediated cell death in age-related macular degeneration
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-11-2014)“…Significance Geographic atrophy is a late stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that causes blindness in millions worldwide characterized by death of…”
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Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Suppress Laser-Induced Choroidal Neovascularization in Mice
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-11-2015)“…To evaluate the efficacy of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in the laser-induced mouse model of choroidal neovascularization (CNV). We…”
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A Clinical Metabolite of Azidothymidine Inhibits Experimental Choroidal Neovascularization and Retinal Pigmented Epithelium Degeneration
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (04-08-2020)“…Azidothymidine (AZT), a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, possesses anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenic activity independent of its ability to…”
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ERK1/2 activation is a therapeutic target in age-related macular degeneration
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-08-2012)“…Deficient expression of the RNase III DICER1, which leads to the accumulation of cytotoxic Alu RNA, has been implicated in degeneration of the retinal…”
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Short-interfering RNAs Induce Retinal Degeneration via TLR3 and IRF3
Published in Molecular therapy (01-01-2012)“…The discovery of sequence-specific gene silencing by endogenous double-stranded RNAs (dsRNA) has propelled synthetic short-interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to the…”
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Survey of commercial antibodies targeting Y chromosome‐encoded genes
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Endothelial Cell PECAM-1 Promotes Atherosclerotic Lesions in Areas of Disturbed Flow in ApoE-Deficient Mice
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-11-2008)“…OBJECTIVE—Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1, CD31) has recently been shown to form an essential element of a mechanosensory complex that…”
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Y chromosome proteins in female tissues
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (06-10-2023)“…Unreliable protein-based tools are impeding sex-based research…”
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The Learning Curve of Murine Subretinal Injection Among Clinically Trained Ophthalmic Surgeons
Published in Translational vision science & technology (11-03-2022)“…Subretinal injection (SRI) in mice is widely used in retinal research, yet the learning curve (LC) of this surgically challenging technique is unknown. To…”
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