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- 2Waskiewicz, Andrew (Biological Sciences)
- 1Allison, W. Ted (Biological Sciences, Medical Genetics)
- 1Andrew Waskiewicz, Biological Sciences
- 1Dr. Andrew Waskiewicz (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta)
- 1Eisenstat, David (Oncology/Medical Genetics)
- 1Harvey, Stephen (Physiology)
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Spring 2016
Normal eye development requires a complex series of morphological movements and ocular patterning with aberrant eye development resulting in birth defects and retinal dystrophies. Eleven percent of paediatric blindness is caused by microphthalmia (small eyes), anophthalmia (no eyes) and coloboma...
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Creation of an in-vitro¬ Co-culture Model of Microglia and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells for Investigating the Innate Immune Mechanisms of the Retina
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Background: The immune mechanisms of the retina in response to gene therapy have been previously understudied due to assumptions of ocular immune privilege. Ocular immune privilege is the concept that there is a tolerance or reduced immune response to antigen exposure in the eye. With the recent...
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Electrophysiological Properties of a Quail Neuroretina Cell Line (QNR/D): Effects of Growth Hormone?
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The expression of retinal ganglion cell protein markers and voltage-gated ion channels in QNR/D cells was investigated using immunocytochemistry and the whole cell patch clamp technique, respectively. Additionally, since these cells express growth hormone and growth hormone receptor, the effects...
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Functional Characterization of Homeodomain Transcription Factors and Retinoic Acid Signaling in Hematopoiesis
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Improper regulation of hematopoiesis generates a spectrum of defects that range from anemia and embryonic lethality to leukemia. Identifying the molecular pathways that regulate hematopoiesis is therefore a major goal of both basic and clinical biology. Vertebrate hematopoiesis occurs in two...
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Fall 2017
Development of the vertebrate ocular structures requires the cooperative interactions of transcription factors, signalling proteins, external growth factors, and epigenetic regulatory factors. Consequently, misregulation of these cues can result in a number of developmental and functional...
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Innate Immunity and the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Disorders
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Background: The photoreceptors are post-mitotic (no longer dividing), so the eye has evolved several unique immunological mechanisms to protect the photoreceptors and prevent vision loss. Inherited retinal disorders occur when mutations disrupt normal retinal function and photoreceptors die....
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Fall 2014
The growth and development of an organ is a multi-step process. It involves initial specification of the progenitor cells to become a particular cell type, proliferation of those cells for organ growth, and organization of the cells into a final functional tissue. The growth and development of...