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Reorganization of centrosomal marker proteins coincides with epithelial cell differentiation in the vertebrate lens (2007)
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Dahm, R., Procter, J., Ireland, M., Lo, W., Mogensen, M., Quinlan, R., & Prescott, A. (2007). Reorganization of centrosomal marker proteins coincides with epithelial cell differentiation in the vertebrate lens. Experimental Cell Research, 85(5), 696-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2007.07.022

The differentiation of epithelial cells in the vertebrate lens involves a series of changes that includes the degradation of all intracellular organelles and a dramatic elongation of the cells. The latter is accompanied by a substantial remodelling o... Read More about Reorganization of centrosomal marker proteins coincides with epithelial cell differentiation in the vertebrate lens.

FGF-2 Release from the Lens Capsule by MMP-2 Maintains Lens Epithelial Cell Viability (2007)
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Tholozan, F., Gribbon, C., Li, Z., Goldberg, M., Prescott, A., McKie, N., & Quinlan, R. (2007). FGF-2 Release from the Lens Capsule by MMP-2 Maintains Lens Epithelial Cell Viability. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 18(11), 4222-4231. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e06-05-0416

The lens is an avascular tissue, separated from the aqueous and vitreous humors by its own extracellular matrix, the lens capsule. Here we demonstrate that the lens capsule is a source of essential survival factors for lens epithelial cells. Primary... Read More about FGF-2 Release from the Lens Capsule by MMP-2 Maintains Lens Epithelial Cell Viability.

The Alexander disease-causing Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein mutant, R416W, accumulates into Rosenthal fibers by a pathway that involves filament aggregation and the association of alphaB-crystallin and HSP27 (2006)
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Perng, M., Su, M., Wen, S., Li, R., Gibbon, T., Prescott, A., …Quinlan, R. (2006). The Alexander disease-causing Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein mutant, R416W, accumulates into Rosenthal fibers by a pathway that involves filament aggregation and the association of alphaB-crystallin and HSP27. American Journal of Human Genetics, 79(2), 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1086/504411

Here, we describe the early events in the disease pathogenesis of Alexander disease. This is a rare and usually fatal neurodegenerative disorder whose pathological hallmark is the abundance of protein aggregates in astrocytes. These aggregates, terme... Read More about The Alexander disease-causing Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein mutant, R416W, accumulates into Rosenthal fibers by a pathway that involves filament aggregation and the association of alphaB-crystallin and HSP27.