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Bo Chang is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on Molecular Biology, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Cell Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work includes substantial contributions in topics such as:

  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Recommender Systems and Techniques
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Connexins and lens biology

Bo Chang has published in various venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • Communications Biology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Bo Chang include Patsy M. Nishina, Jürgen Κ. Naggert, Gayle B. Collin, Mark P. Krebs, and Lingce Kong.

Selected recent publications highlight investigations into retinal conditions, genetic mutations, and orthopedic outcomes:

  • Mouse Models of Inherited Retinal Degeneration with Photoreceptor Cell Loss, 2020, Cells
  • Chronic Dicer1 deficiency promotes atrophic and neovascular outer retinal pathologies in mice, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A missense mutation in Pitx2 leads to early-onset glaucoma via NRF2-YAP1 axis, 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • The effect of femoral prosthesis design on patellofemoral contact stresses in total knee arthroplasty: a case-control study with mid-term follow-up minimum 3-year follow-up, 2023, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • Association of screen exposure/sedentary behavior and precocious puberty/early puberty, 2024, Frontiers in Pediatrics

The scientist's research reflects interdisciplinary approaches combining clinical and molecular perspectives, addressing ocular diseases, orthopedic biomechanics, and developmental health issues.

Best Publications

  • Retinal degeneration mutants in the mouse.

    B. Chang;N.L. Hawes;R.E. Hurd;M.T. Davisson

  • Essential iris atrophy, pigment dispersion, and glaucoma in DBA/2J mice.

    Simon W M John;Richard S. Smith;Olga V. Savinova;Norman L. Hawes

  • Mutations in genes encoding melanosomal proteins cause pigmentary glaucoma in DBA/2J mice.

    Michael G Anderson;Richard S Smith;Norman L Hawes;Adriana Zabaleta

  • In-frame deletion in a novel centrosomal/ciliary protein CEP290/NPHP6 perturbs its interaction with RPGR and results in early-onset retinal degeneration in the rd16 mouse

    Bo Chang;Hemant Khanna;Norman Hawes;David Jimeno

  • CRB1 is essential for external limiting membrane integrity and photoreceptor morphogenesis in the mammalian retina

    Adrienne K. Mehalow;Shuhei Kameya;Richard S. Smith;Norman L. Hawes

  • Interacting loci cause severe iris atrophy and glaucoma in DBA/2J mice.

    Bo Chang;Richard S Smith;Norman L Hawes;Michael G Anderson

  • Restoration of cone vision in a mouse model of achromatopsia

    John J Alexander;Yumiko Umino;Drew Everhart;Bo Chang

  • A deletion in a photoreceptor-specific nuclear receptor mRNA causes retinal degeneration in the rd7 mouse

    Novrouz B. Akhmedov;Natik I. Piriev;Bo Chang;Ana Lia Rapoport

  • Retinal degeneration 12 (rd12): a new, spontaneously arising mouse model for human Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA)

    Ji Jing Pang;Bo Chang;Norman L. Hawes;Ronald E. Hurd

  • Biology and therapy of inherited retinal degenerative disease: insights from mouse models.

    Shobi Veleri;Csilla H. Lazar;Bo Chang;Paul A. Sieving

  • Gene therapy restores vision-dependent behavior as well as retinal structure and function in a mouse model of RPE65 Leber congenital amaurosis.

    Ji-jing Pang;Bo Chang;Ashok Kumar;Steven Nusinowitz

  • The nob2 mouse, a null mutation in Cacna1f: anatomical and functional abnormalities in the outer retina and their consequences on ganglion cell visual responses.

    Bo Chang;John R. Heckenlively;Philippa R. Bayley;Nicholas C. Brecha

  • Centrosomal-ciliary gene CEP290/NPHP6 mutations result in blindness with unexpected sparing of photoreceptors and visual brain: implications for therapy of Leber congenital amaurosis.

    Artur V. Cideciyan;Tomas S. Aleman;Samuel G. Jacobson;Hemant Khanna

  • A homologous genetic basis of the murine cpfl1 mutant and human achromatopsia linked to mutations in the PDE6C gene

    Bo Chang;Tanja Grau;Susann Dangel;Ron Hurd

  • Mouse model of subretinal neovascularization with choroidal anastomosis.

    John R Heckenlively;Norman L Hawes;Martin Friedlander;Steven Nusinowitz

  • Mouse fundus photography and angiography: a catalogue of normal and mutant phenotypes.

    Norman L. Hawes;Richard S. Smith;Bo Chang;Muriel Davisson

  • Long-term retinal function and structure rescue using capsid mutant AAV8 vector in the rd10 mouse, a model of recessive retinitis pigmentosa.

    Ji-jing Pang;Xufeng Dai;Xufeng Dai;Shannon E Boye;Ilaria Barone

  • Haploinsufficient Bmp4 ocular phenotypes include anterior segment dysgenesis with elevated intraocular pressure

    Bo Chang;Richard S Smith;Maureen Peters;Olga V Savinova

  • Digenic inheritance of deafness caused by mutations in genes encoding cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 in mice and humans

    Qing Yin Zheng;Denise Yan;Xiao Mei Ouyang;Li Lin Du

  • Mfrp, a gene encoding a frizzled related protein, is mutated in the mouse retinal degeneration 6

    Shuhei Kameya;Norman L. Hawes;Bo Chang;John R. Heckenlively

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Heckenlively
John R. Heckenlively University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Muriel T. Davisson
Muriel T. Davisson University of California, Los Angeles
William W. Hauswirth
William W. Hauswirth University of Florida
Patsy M. Nishina
Patsy M. Nishina Tufts University
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
Simon W. M. John
Simon W. M. John Columbia University
Sanford L. Boye
Sanford L. Boye University of Florida
Jürgen K. Naggert
Jürgen K. Naggert University of Salerno
Kenneth R. Johnson
Kenneth R. Johnson The Jackson Laboratory
Richard Smith
Richard Smith University of Exeter

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