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Kristina Narfstrom

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Makelainen S, Godia M, Hellsand M, Viluma A, Hahn D, Makdoumi K, et al.
PLoS Genet . 2019 Mar; 15(3):e1007873. PMID: 30889179
Autosomal recessive retinal degenerative diseases cause visual impairment and blindness in both humans and dogs. Currently, no standard treatment is available, but pioneering gene therapy-based canine models have been instrumental...
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Nygren K, Jalomaki S, Karlstam L, Narfstrom K
J Feline Med Surg . 2018 Jan; 20(12):1105-1109. PMID: 29364031
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cataracts in the Russian Blue breed of cats in Sweden, and to describe the clinical appearance of this...
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Katz M, Rustad E, Robinson G, Whiting R, Student J, Coates J, et al.
Neurobiol Dis . 2017 Sep; 108:277-287. PMID: 28860089
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are devastating inherited progressive neurodegenerative diseases, with most forms having a childhood onset of clinical signs. The NCLs are characterized by progressive cognitive and motor...
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Minella A, Occelli L, Narfstrom K, Petersen-Jones S
Vet Ophthalmol . 2017 Sep; 21(3):224-232. PMID: 28856832
Objective: Children with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) due to CEP290 mutations show characteristic macular preservation. Spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) is a noninvasive technique to investigate retinal structural changes. Loss...
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Kristiansen E, Revold T, Lingaas F, Narfstrom K, Pedersen P, Kielland C, et al.
Vet Ophthalmol . 2017 Jan; 20(5):460-467. PMID: 28044393
Objective: To evaluate prevalence and characteristics of cataracts in the Norwegian Buhund breed 20 years after high reported prevalence of especially pulverulent nuclear cataracts (PNCs). Animals Studied: Two hundred and...
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Occelli L, Tran N, Narfstrom K, Chen S, Petersen-Jones S
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci . 2016 Jul; 57(8):3780-92. PMID: 27427859
Purpose: Mutations in the retinal transcription factor cone-rod homeobox (CRX) gene result in severe dominant retinopathies. A large animal model, the Rdy cat, carrying a spontaneous frameshift mutation in Crx,...
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Wang W, Hernandez J, Moore C, Jackson J, Narfstrom K
J Nutr Sci . 2016 Jun; 5:e18. PMID: 27293555
The objective of the study was to examine whether a nutritional antioxidant supplementation could improve visual function in healthy dogs as measured by electroretinography (ERG) and autorefraction. A total of...
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Svensson M, Olsen L, Winkler P, Petersen-Jones S, Bergstrom T, Garncarz Y, et al.
Vet Ophthalmol . 2015 May; 19(3):195-205. PMID: 26009980
Objective: To describe ophthalmic, functional, structural, and genetical characteristics of progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) in the polski owczarek nizinny (PON) breed of dog. Animals Studied Clinically: Client-owned PON dogs (n ...
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Narfstrom K, Deckman K, Menotti-Raymond M
Annu Rev Anim Biosci . 2014 Nov; 1:157-77. PMID: 25387015
Over 200 hereditary diseases have been identified and reported in the cat, several of which affect the eye, with homology to human hereditary disease. Compared with traditional murine models, the...
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Rakoczy E, Narfstrom K
Int J Biochem Cell Biol . 2014 Oct; 56:153-7. PMID: 25286304
Recombinant virus mediated gene therapy of Leber's Congenital Amaurosis has provided a wide range of data on the utility of gene replacement therapy for recessive diseases. Studies to date demonstrate...