Area of research
Ophthalmology · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Ocular Surface and Contact Lens, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome, melanin and skin pigmentation, and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.
The Therapeutic Effects of Purified Cortrophin Gel on Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis.
Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Maintains Retinal Homeostasis after Ischemia/Reperfusion.
Stimulating the Melanocortin System in Uveitis and Diabetes Preserves the Structure and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Retina.
Identification of an <i>APOE</i> ε4-specific blood-based molecular pathway for Alzheimer's disease risk.
Melanocortin receptor agonists suppress experimental autoimmune uveitis
The central melanocortin system as a treatment target for obesity and diabetes: A brief overview
Melanocortin receptor agonists suppress experimental autoimmune uveitis.
Melanocortin 5 Receptor Expression and Recovery of Ocular Immune Privilege after Uveitis.
The central melanocortin system as a treatment target for obesity and diabetes: A brief overview.
The Neuropeptide Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Is Critical for Corneal Endothelial Cell Protection and Graft Survival after Transplantation.
Neuropeptide α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Promotes Neurological Recovery and Repairs Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Type 1 Diabetes.
The Role of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Regulation of Macrophages/Microglial Cells in Retinal Immunobiology
Melanocortin 5 Receptor Expression and Recovery of Ocular Immune Privilege after Uveitis
Extracellular Soluble Membranes from Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Mediate Apoptosis in Macrophages.
Tailoring immune cell behavior to stop autoimmune disease.
Probing the Role of Melanocortin Type 1 Receptor Agonists in Diverse Immunological Diseases
Negative regulators that mediate ocular immune privilege
Ocular Immune Privilege and Transplantation
The Role of Alpha-MSH as a Modulator of Ocular Immunobiology Exemplifies Mechanistic Differences between Melanocortins and Steroids
Recovery from experimental autoimmune uveitis promotes induction of antiuveitic inducible Tregs
Both MC5r and A2Ar Are Required for Protective Regulatory Immunity in the Spleen of Post–Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis in Mice
The neuropeptides α-MSH and NPY modulate phagocytosis and phagolysosome activation in RAW 264.7 cells
Collaborative Research: Testing a microbial-association-distribution hypothesis to explain spatial distributions and species co-existence in a community of epiphytic plants
Dissertation Research: Regional/historical Influences and Top-down vs. Bottom-up Processes in Arthropod Community Structure
The Population Dynamics of a Nonlethal Parasitoid: Trichopoda pennipes and Nezara viridula
Parasitoid-Host Metapopulation Dynamics: Effects of Spatial Heterogeneity and Spatial Structure