Don Zack MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology




Sharma S, Chang JT, Della NG, Campochiaro PA, Zack DJ. Identification of novel bovine RPE and retinal genes by subtractive hybridization. Mol Vis. 2002 Jul 16;8:251-8.  [PDF]

Chen S, Wang QL, Xu S, Liu I, Li LY, Wang Y, Zack DJ. Functional analysis of cone-rod homeobox (CRX) mutations associated with retinal dystrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2002 Apr 15;11(8):873-84.   [PDF]

Duh EJ, Yang HS, Suzuma I, Miyagi M, Youngman E, Mori K, Katai M, Yan L, Suzuma K, West K, Davarya S, Tong P, Gehlbach P, Pearlman J, Crabb JW, Aiello LP, Campochiaro PA, Zack DJ. Pigment epithelium-derived factor suppresses ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization and VEGF-induced migration and growth. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002 Mar;43(3):821-9.   [PDF]

Yan W, Jang GF, Haeseleer F, Esumi N, Chang J, Kerrigan M, Campochiaro M, Campochiaro P, Palczewski K, Zack DJ. Cloning and characterization of a human beta,beta-carotene-15,15'-dioxygenase that is highly expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium. Genomics. 2001 Mar 1;72(2):193-202.   [PDF]

Liu Y, Shen Y, Rest JS, Raymond PA, Zack DJ. Isolation and characterization of a zebrafish homologue of the cone rod homeobox gene. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2001 Feb;42(2):481-7.   [PDF]

Chau KY, Chen S, Zack DJ, Ono SJ. Functional domains of the cone-rod homeobox (CRX) transcription factor. J Biol Chem. 2000 Nov 24;275(47):37264-70.   [PDF]

Zack DJ. Neurotrophic rescue of photoreceptors: are Muller cells the mediators of survival? Neuron. 2000 May;26(2):285-6.   [PDF]