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Visvanathan Ramamurthy

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Aliff H, Crockett A, Chrenek M, Nickerson J, Boatright J, Tseytlin O, et al.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci . 2025 Feb; 66(2):49. PMID: 39969479
Purpose: To design and validate a cost-effective and titratable system capable of light-induced photoreceptor dysfunction and damage in pigmented mice. Methods: Two commonly used mouse strains in vision research, C57BL/6J...
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Sanzhaeva U, Boyd-Pratt H, Bender P, Saravanan T, Rhodes S, Guan T, et al.
Commun Biol . 2024 Sep; 7(1):1146. PMID: 39277687
Microtubules are essential for various cellular processes. The functional diversity of microtubules is attributed to the incorporation of various α- and β-tubulin isotypes encoded by different genes. In this work,...
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Sanzhaeva U, Wonsettler N, Rhodes S, Ramamurthy V
Sci Rep . 2024 Sep; 14(1):20889. PMID: 39244620
Microtubules, polymers of αβ-tubulin heterodimers, are essential for various cellular processes. The incorporation of different tubulin isotypes, each encoded by distinct genes, is proposed to contribute to the functional diversity...
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Yanardag S, Rhodes S, Saravanan T, Guan T, Ramamurthy V
Sci Rep . 2024 May; 14(1):10498. PMID: 38714794
Prominin 1 (PROM1) is a pentaspan transmembrane glycoprotein localized on the nascent photoreceptor discs. Mutations in PROM1 are linked to various retinal diseases. In this study, we assessed the role...
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Aljammal R, Saravanan T, Guan T, Rhodes S, Robichaux M, Ramamurthy V
Hum Mol Genet . 2024 Feb; 33(9):802-817. PMID: 38297980
Mutations in Cytosolic Carboxypeptidase-like Protein 5 (CCP5) are associated with vision loss in humans. To decipher the mechanisms behind CCP5-associated blindness, we generated a novel mouse model lacking CCP5. In...
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Moakedi F, Aljammal R, Poria D, Saravanan T, Rhodes S, Reid C, et al.
Hum Mol Genet . 2023 Jun; 32(17):2735-2750. PMID: 37384398
Phosphodiesterase-6 (PDE6) is the key phototransduction effector enzyme residing in the outer segment (OS) of photoreceptors. Cone PDE6 is a tetrameric protein consisting of two inhibitory subunits (γ') and two...
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Munezero D, Aliff H, Salido E, Saravanan T, Sanzhaeva U, Guan T, et al.
J Biol Chem . 2023 May; 299(6):104809. PMID: 37172722
Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is an abundant molecular chaperone that regulates the stability of a small set of proteins essential in various cellular pathways. Cytosolic HSP90 has two closely...
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Matalkah F, Rhodes S, Ramamurthy V, Stoilov P
PLoS One . 2022 Oct; 17(10):e0274958. PMID: 36215230
PROM1 (CD133, AC133) is a protein that is required for the maintenance of primary cilia. Mutation in the Prom1 gene in humans and animal models are associated with several forms...
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Matalkah F, Jeong B, Sheridan M, Horstick E, Ramamurthy V, Stoilov P
Commun Biol . 2022 Sep; 5(1):1011. PMID: 36153373
The Musashi proteins, MSI1 and MSI2, are conserved RNA binding proteins with a role in the maintenance and renewal of stem cells. Contrasting with this role, terminally differentiated photoreceptor cells...
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Groover S, Beasley M, Ramamurthy V, Legleiter J
Biochemistry . 2020 Dec; 59(49):4681-4693. PMID: 33256402
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the abnormal expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in the first exon of the htt protein (htt). PolyQ expansion triggers the...