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Joram Piatigorsky

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1 Multiple and additive functions of ALDH3A1 and ALDH1A1: cataract phenotype and ocular oxidative damage in Aldh3a1(-/-)/Aldh1a1(-/-) knock-out mice. J Biol Chem 2007 1.70
2 Conditional deletion of the mouse Klf4 gene results in corneal epithelial fragility, stromal edema, and loss of conjunctival goblet cells. Mol Cell Biol 2006 1.63
3 Assembly of the cnidarian camera-type eye from vertebrate-like components. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.43
4 ALDH3A1: a corneal crystallin with diverse functions. Exp Eye Res 2006 1.42
5 Requirement for Pax6 in corneal morphogenesis: a role in adhesion. J Cell Sci 2003 1.35
6 Role of Pax genes in eye evolution: a cnidarian PaxB gene uniting Pax2 and Pax6 functions. Dev Cell 2003 1.31
7 Abnormal lens morphogenesis and ectopic lens formation in the absence of beta-catenin function. Genesis 2007 1.22
8 Mafs, Prox1, and Pax6 can regulate chicken betaB1-crystallin gene expression. J Biol Chem 2004 1.18
9 A role for chromosomal protein HMGN1 in corneal maturation. Differentiation 2006 1.17
10 Postnatal gene expression in the normal mouse cornea by SAGE. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004 1.14
11 Identification of candidate Klf4 target genes reveals the molecular basis of the diverse regulatory roles of Klf4 in the mouse cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 1.08
12 Role of aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes in the defense of rat lens and human lens epithelial cells against oxidative stress. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005 1.05
13 Ectopic expression of AP-2alpha transcription factor in the lens disrupts fiber cell differentiation. Dev Biol 2002 1.03
14 Transketolase haploinsufficiency reduces adipose tissue and female fertility in mice. Mol Cell Biol 2002 1.03
15 Orientation-dependent influence of an intergenic enhancer on the promoter activity of the divergently transcribed mouse Shsp/alpha B-crystallin and Mkbp/HspB2 genes. J Biol Chem 2002 0.99
16 Structurally normal corneas in aldehyde dehydrogenase 3a1-deficient mice. Mol Cell Biol 2002 0.98
17 Targeted deletion of Dicer disrupts lens morphogenesis, corneal epithelium stratification, and whole eye development. Dev Dyn 2009 0.98
18 Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) in the rat limbal and central corneal epithelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006 0.97
19 Disruption of anterior segment development by TGF-beta1 overexpression in the eyes of transgenic mice. Dev Dyn 2002 0.96
20 Adaptive differences in the structure and macromolecular compositions of the air and water corneas of the "four-eyed" fish (Anableps anableps). FASEB J 2003 0.96
21 Functional and structural characterization of the human gene BHLHB5, encoding a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor. Genomics 2002 0.93
22 Ancestry of Photic and Mechanic Sensation? Science 2005 0.92
23 Stromal edema in klf4 conditional null mouse cornea is associated with altered collagen fibril organization and reduced proteoglycans. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009 0.89
24 Duplicated gelsolin family genes in zebrafish: a novel scinderin-like gene (scinla) encodes the major corneal crystallin. FASEB J 2007 0.88
25 Cubozoan crystallins: evidence for convergent evolution of pax regulatory sequences. Evol Dev 2008 0.88
26 Gene expression of the mouse corneal crystallin Aldh3a1: activation by Pax6, Oct1, and p300. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 0.86
27 Regulation of corneal epithelial barrier function by Kruppel-like transcription factor 4. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011 0.86
28 Overexpression of Pax6 in mouse cornea directly alters corneal epithelial cells: changes in immune function, vascularization, and differentiation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011 0.85
29 Structure and expression of the scallop Omega-crystallin gene. Evidence for convergent evolution of promoter sequences. J Biol Chem 2001 0.83
30 Regulation of mouse small heat shock protein αb-crystallin gene by aryl hydrocarbon receptor. PLoS One 2011 0.82
31 Gelsolin is a dorsalizing factor in zebrafish. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 0.82
32 BIR-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of Survivin, regulates transcription and development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 0.81
33 Serum albumin in mammalian cornea: implications for clinical application. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003 0.81
34 Regulation of the mouse alphaB-crystallin and MKBP/HspB2 promoter activities by shared and gene specific intergenic elements: the importance of context dependency. Int J Dev Biol 2007 0.79
35 Scallop lens Omega-crystallin (ALDH1A9): a novel tetrameric aldehyde dehydrogenase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006 0.78
36 Abundant corneal gelsolin in Zebrafish and the 'four-eyed' fish, Anableps anableps: possible analogy with multifunctional lens crystallins. Exp Eye Res 2004 0.77
37 Tissue-specific activity of the blind mole rat and the two nucleotide-mutated mouse alphaB-crystallin promoter in transgenic mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 0.76
38 Differential expression patterns and developmental roles of duplicated scinderin-like genes in zebrafish. Dev Dyn 2009 0.75
39 Ancestry of photic and mechanic sensation? Science 2005 0.75
40 Eye-specific expression of an ancestral jellyfish PaxB gene interferes with Pax6 function despite its conserved Pax6/Pax2 characteristics. Int J Dev Biol 2009 0.75
41 Vertebrate-like betagamma-crystallins in the ocular lenses of a copepod. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2005 0.75
42 From Science to Writing: A Personal Perspective. Perspect Biol Med 2015 0.75