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Couldwell, William T. | History and evolution of transsphenoidal surgery | Initial attempts at transcranial approaches to the pituitary gland in the late 1800s and early 1900s resulted in a mortality rate that was generally considered prohibitive. Schloffer suggested the use of a transsphenoidal route as a safer, alternative approach to the sella turcica. He reported the f... | Neurosurgical history; Transsphenoidal surgery; Pituitary tumor | 2001 |
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Baehr, Wolfgang | Lecithin-retinol acyltransferase is essential for accumulation of all-trans-retinyl esters in the eye and in the liver | Lecithin-retinol acyltransferase (LRAT), an enzyme present mainly in the retinal pigmented epithelial cells and liver, converts all-trans-retinol into all-trans-retinyl esters. In the retinal pigmented epithelium, LRAT plays a key role in the retinoid cycle, a two-cell recycling system that replenis... | Antibodies, Monoclonal; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Microscopy, Fluorescence | 2004 |
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Baehr, Wolfgang | Novel mutation (I143NT) in guanylate cyclase-activating protein 1 (GCAP1) associated with autosomal dominant cone degeneration | PURPOSE: To identify pathogenic mutations in the guanylate cyclase-activating protein 1 (GCAP1) and GCAP2 genes and to characterize the biochemical effect of mutation on guanylate cyclase (GC) stimulation. METHODS: The GCAP1 and GCAP2 genes were screened by direct sequencing for mutations in 216 pat... | DNA Mutational Analysis; Mutation, Missense; Electroretinography | 2004 |
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Baehr, Wolfgang | Pharmacological and rAAV gene therapy rescue of visual functions in a blind mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis | BACKGROUND: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a heterogeneous early-onset retinal dystrophy, accounts for approximately 15% of inherited congenital blindness. One cause of LCA is loss of the enzyme lecithin:retinol acyl transferase (LRAT), which is required for regeneration of the visual photopigmen... | Disease Models, Animal; Genetic Vectors; Molecular Sequence Data | 2005 |