Recent Advances In Retinal Degeneration

Keynote Lectures.- Curing Blindness with Stem Cells: Hope, Reality, and Challenges.- Retinal Degenerations: Planning for the Future.- Neuroprotection.- Neurotrophins Induce Neuroprotective Signaling in the Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell by Activating the Synthesis nl of the Anti-inflammatory and Anti-apoptotic Neuroprotectin D1.- On the Role of CNTF as a Pontential Therapy for Retinal Degeneration: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?.- Nanoceria Particles Prevent ROI-Induced Blindness.- An in-vivo Assay to Identify Compounds Protective Against Light Induced Apoptosis.- Role of BCL-XL in Photoreceptor Survival.- The Hypoxic Transcriptome of the Retina: Identification of Factors with Potential Neuroprotective Activity.- Gene Therapy and Neuroprotection.- Lentiviral Gene Transfer-Mediated Cone Vision Restoration in RPE65 Knockout Mice.- In vitro Analysis of Ribozyme-mediated Knockdown of an ADRP Associated Rhodopsin Mutation.- Gene Therapy for Mouse Models of ADRP.- Development of Viral Vectors with Optimal Transgene Expression for Ocular Gene Therapies.- Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors and the Retina.- Genetic Supplementation of RDS Alleviates a Loss-of-function Phenotype in C214S Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa.- of the Retina in the 4 Years Following rAAV-mediated Gene Transfer in the RPE65 Null Mutation Dog.- Virus-mediated Gene Delivery to Neuronal Progenitors.- Animal Models of Retinal Degeneration.- Loss of Visual and Retinal Function in Light-stressed Mice.- ERG Responses and Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression in a Multifactorial Murine Model of Age-Related Retinal Degeneration.- Oxygen Supply and Retinal Function: Insights from a Transgenic Animal Model.- Characterization of Gene Expression Profiles of Normal Canine Retina and Brain Using a Retinal cDNA Microarray.- Towarda Higher Fidelity Model of AMD.- The Potential of Ambient Light Restriction to Restore Function to the Degenerating P23H-3 Rat Retina.- Molecular Genetics and Candidate Genes.- Mutations in Known Genes Account for 58% of Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa (adRP).- Genetics of Age-related Macular Degeneration.- Retinal Phenotype of an X-Linked Pseudo-usher Syndrome in Association with the G173R Mutation in the RPGR Gene.- Mutation in the PYK2-Binding Domain of PITPNM3 Causes Autosomal Dominant Cone Dystrophy (CORD5) in Two Swedish Families.- Identification and Characterization of Genes Expressed in Cone Photoreceptors.- Clinical and Genetic Characterization of a Chinese Family with CSNB1.- 10q26 Is Associated with Increased Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Utah Population.- Diagnostic, Clinical, Cytopathological and Physiologic Aspects of Retinal Degeneration.- Carboxyethylpyrrole Adducts, Age-related Macular Degeneration and Neovascularization.- A Possible Impaired Signaling Mechanism in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from Patients with Macular Degeneration.- Expression and Cell Compartmentalization of EFEMP1, a Protein Associated with Malattia Leventinese.- Role of ELOVL4 in Fatty Acid Metabolism.- Organization and Molecular Interactions of Retinoschisin in Photoreceptors.- Basic Science Underlying Retinal Degeneration.- Proteomics Profiling of the Cone Photoreceptor Cell Line, 661W.- ?-Secretase Regulates VEGFR-1 Signalling in Vascular Endothelium and RPE.- Analysis of the Rate of Disk Membrane Digestion by Cultured RPE Cells.- Functional Expression of Cone Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel in Cone Photoreceptor-Derived 661W Cells.- Phosphorylation of Caveolin-1 in Bovine Rod Outer Segments in vitro by an Endogenous Tyrosine Kinase.-Regulation of Neurotrophin Expression and Activity in the Retina.- Involvement of Guanylate Cyclases in Transport of Photoreceptor Peripheral Membrane Proteins.- Rod Progenitor Cells in the Mature Zebrafish Retina.- ?v?5 Integrin Receptors at the Apical Surface of the RPE: One Receptor, Two Functions.- Implantation of Mouse Eyes with a Subretinal Microphotodiode Array.- Variation in the Electroretinogram of C57BL/6 Substrains of Mouse.- A2E, A Pigment of RPE Lipofuscin, is Generated from the Precursor, A2PE by a Lysosomal Enzyme Activity.- Endothelin Receptors: Do They Have a Role in Retinal Degeneration?.- CNTF Negatively Regulates the Phototransduction Machinery in Rod Photoreceptors: Implication for Light-Induced Photostasis Plasticity.