Mfsd2a Is a Transporter for the Essential ω-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) in Eye and Is Important for Photoreceptor Cell Development

Targeting VEGF in eye neovascularization: What's new?

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Discs of mammalian rod photoreceptors form through the membrane evagination mechanism

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The Expression Pattern of Systemically Injected AAV9 in the Developing Mouse Retina Is Determined by Age

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A partially inactivating mutation in the sodium-dependent lysophosphatidylcholine transporter MFSD2A causes a non-lethal microcephaly syndrome

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Inactivating mutations in MFSD2A, required for omega-3 fatty acid transport in brain, cause a lethal microcephaly syndrome

(2015) Alicia Guemez-Gamboa et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Rod disc renewal occurs by evagination of the ciliary plasma membrane that makes cadherin-based contacts with the inner segment

(2015) Thomas Burgoyne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Three-dimensional organization of nascent rod outer segment disk membranes

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Mfsd2a is critical for the formation and function of the blood–brain barrier

(2014) Ayal Ben-Zvi et al.   NATURE

Mfsd2a is a transporter for the essential omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid

(2014) Long N. Nguyen et al.   NATURE

Pyruvate kinase and aspartate-glutamate carrier distributions reveal key metabolic links between neurons and glia in retina

(2014) K. J. Lindsay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure-based mechanism for Na+/melibiose symport by MelB

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Photoreceptor phagocytosis is mediated by phosphoinositide signaling

(2013) Debarshi Mustafi et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Norrin/Frizzled4 Signaling in Retinal Vascular Development and Blood Brain Barrier Plasticity

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Synaptic Energy Use and Supply

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Major Facilitator Superfamily Domain-Containing Protein 2a (MFSD2A) Has Roles in Body Growth, Motor Function, and Lipid Metabolism

(2012) Justin H. Berger et al.   PLoS One

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Genes and Disease Mechanisms

(2011) Francesco Parmeggiani et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

Roles of Glucose in Photoreceptor Survival

(2011) Andrei O. Chertov et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Central nervous system pericytes in health and disease

(2011) Ethan A Winkler et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Pericytes regulate the blood–brain barrier

(2010) Annika Armulik et al.   NATURE

Pericytes are required for blood–brain barrier integrity during embryogenesis

(2010) Richard Daneman et al.   NATURE

The Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Cardiovascular Disease and Other Chronic Diseases

(2008) Artemis P. Simopoulos   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE