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Overview

Charles Searby is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including genetics, molecular biology, ophthalmology, cell biology, and biophysics. The primary focus of their research encompasses genetic and kidney cyst diseases, electromagnetic fields and their biological effects, retinal development and disorders, cellular transport and secretion, glaucoma and retinal disorders, retinal diseases and treatments, as well as genetic syndromes and imprinting.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on molecular and cellular mechanisms related to eye diseases and metabolic conditions. Key papers include:

  • ATF4 leads to glaucoma by promoting protein synthesis and ER client protein load (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Exposure to Static Magnetic and Electric Fields Treats Type 2 Diabetes (2020, Cell Metabolism)
  • Simultaneous detection of the enzyme activities of GPx1 and GPx4 guide optimization of selenium in cell biological experiments (2020, Redox Biology)
  • Autophagy stimulation reduces ocular hypertension in a murine glaucoma model via autophagic degradation of mutant myocilin (2021, JCI Insight)
  • Disulfiram causes selective hypoxic cancer cell toxicity and radio-chemo-sensitization via redox cycling of copper (2020, Free Radical Biology and Medicine)

Their frequent co-authors demonstrate collaboration with other researchers focused on related fields. Notable collaborators include:

  • Val C. Sheffield
  • Kai Wang
  • Qihong Zhang
  • Calvin S. Carter
  • Sunny C. Huang

Charles Searby's work has appeared in a range of publication venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Cell Metabolism
  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Redox Biology

The broad scope of their research across genetics, ophthalmology, and molecular biology reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding complex biological and medical challenges. Their published work contributes to ongoing discussions in cellular transport, protein regulation in eye diseases, and the physiological effects of electromagnetic fields among other topics.

Best Publications

  • Mutation of a nuclear receptor gene, NR2E3, causes enhanced S cone syndrome, a disorder of retinal cell fate

    Neena B. Haider;Samuel G. Jacobson;Artur V. Cideciyan;Ruth Swiderski

  • The forkhead transcription factor gene FKHL7 is responsible for glaucoma phenotypes which map to 6p25.

    Darryl Y. Nishimura;Ruth E. Swiderski;Wallace L. M. Alward;Charles C. Searby

  • Identification of the gene (BBS1) most commonly involved in Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a complex human obesity syndrome.

    Kirk Mykytyn;Darryl Y. Nishimura;Charles C. Searby;Mythreyi Shastri

  • Bbs2-null mice have neurosensory deficits, a defect in social dominance, and retinopathy associated with mislocalization of rhodopsin

    Darryl Y. Nishimura;Melissa Fath;Robert F. Mullins;Charles Searby

  • An autosomal genomic screen for autism. Collaborative linkage study of autism.

    Barrett S;Beck Jc;Bernier R;Bisson E

  • An autosomal genomic screen for autism

    Stacey Barrett;John C. Beck;Raphael Bernier;Erica Bisson

  • Non-secretion of mutant proteins of the glaucoma gene myocilin in cultured trabecular meshwork cells and in aqueous humor

    Nasreen Jacobson;Michael Andrews;Allan R. Shepard;Darryl Nishimura

  • A BBSome subunit links ciliogenesis, microtubule stability, and acetylation.

    Alexander V. Loktev;Qihong Zhang;John S. Beck;Charles C. Searby

  • Identification of the gene that, when mutated, causes the human obesity syndrome BBS4

    Kirk Mykytyn;Terry Braun;Terry Braun;Rivka Carmi;Neena B. Haider

  • Positional cloning of a novel gene on chromosome 16q causing Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS2)

    Darryl Y. Nishimura;Charles C. Searby;Rivka Carmi;Khalil Elbedour

  • A knockin mouse model of the Bardet–Biedl syndrome 1 M390R mutation has cilia defects, ventriculomegaly, retinopathy, and obesity

    Roger E. Davis;Ruth E. Swiderski;Kamal Rahmouni;Darryl Y. Nishimura

  • Reduction of ER stress via a chemical chaperone prevents disease phenotypes in a mouse model of primary open angle glaucoma

    Gulab S. Zode;Markus H. Kuehn;Darryl Y. Nishimura;Charles C. Searby

  • Comparative Genomics and Gene Expression Analysis Identifies BBS9, a New Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Gene

    Darryl Y. Nishimura;Ruth E. Swiderski;Charles C. Searby;Erik M. Berg

  • A spectrum of FOXC1 mutations suggests gene dosage as a mechanism for developmental defects of the anterior chamber of the eye

    Darryl Y. Nishimura;Charles C. Searby;Wallace L. Alward;David Walton

  • Comparative Genomic Analysis Identifies an ADP-Ribosylation Factor–like Gene as the Cause of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS3)

    Annie P. Chiang;Darryl Nishimura;Charles Searby;Khalil Elbedour

  • ARL13B, PDE6D, and CEP164 form a functional network for INPP5E ciliary targeting

    Melissa C. Humbert;Katie Weihbrecht;Charles C. Searby;Yalan Li

  • Compound heterozygosity for loss-of-function lysyl-tRNA synthetase mutations in a patient with peripheral neuropathy.

    Heather M. McLaughlin;Reiko Sakaguchi;Cuiping Liu;Takao Igarashi

  • A Novel Protein LZTFL1 Regulates Ciliary Trafficking of the BBSome and Smoothened

    Seongjin Seo;Qihong Zhang;Qihong Zhang;Kevin Bugge;Kevin Bugge;David K. Breslow

  • Mkks-null mice have a phenotype resembling Bardet–Biedl syndrome

    Melissa A. Fath;Robert F. Mullins;Charles Searby;Darryl Y. Nishimura

  • CRISPR-Cas9–based treatment of myocilin-associated glaucoma

    Ankur Jain;Gulab Zode;Ramesh B. Kasetti;Fei A. Ran

Frequent Co-Authors

Val C. Sheffield
Val C. Sheffield University of Iowa
Edwin M. Stone
Edwin M. Stone University of Iowa
Kamal Rahmouni
Kamal Rahmouni University of Iowa Health Care
Abbot F. Clark
Abbot F. Clark University of North Texas Health Science Center
Robert F. Mullins
Robert F. Mullins University of Iowa
Kai Wang
Kai Wang Jilin University
Samuel G. Jacobson
Samuel G. Jacobson University of Pennsylvania
Garry R. Buettner
Garry R. Buettner University of Iowa
Todd E. Scheetz
Todd E. Scheetz University of Iowa
Leslie G. Biesecker
Leslie G. Biesecker National Institutes of Health

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