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James V. Jester is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to medicine, with significant contributions in radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging, as well as public health, environmental and occupational health, ophthalmology, biomedical engineering, and epidemiology.

The scientist's scholarly output includes investigations into corneal surgery and disorders, ocular surface and contact lens issues, corneal surgery and treatments, glaucoma and retinal disorders, olfactory and sensory function studies, animal testing and alternatives, and applications of optical coherence tomography.

Recent research publications by James V. Jester include:

  • Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) activates PPARγ signaling leading to cell cycle exit, lipid accumulation, and autophagy in human meibomian gland epithelial cells (hMGEC), 2020, The Ocular Surface
  • Origin and Lineage Plasticity of Endogenous Lacrimal Gland Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells, 2020, iScience
  • Epithelial Migration and Non-adhesive Periderm Are Required for Digit Separation during Mammalian Development, 2020, Developmental Cell
  • Meibomian gland stem/progenitor cells: The hunt for gland renewal, 2023, The Ocular Surface
  • Induction of meibocyte differentiation by three-dimensional, matrigel culture of immortalized human meibomian gland epithelial cells to form acinar organoids, 2022, The Ocular Surface

Their frequent coauthors include Donald D. Brown, Tibor Juhász, Samantha Bradford, Eric Mikula, and Yilu Xie. Collaboration with these researchers has been recurrent, indicating established working relationships within the scientific community.

James V. Jester has published extensively in a number of academic venues. The most frequent publication journals include:

  • The Ocular Surface (11 publications)
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology (5 publications)
  • Toxicology in Vitro (3 publications)
  • iScience (1 publication)
  • Developmental Cell (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • The cellular basis of corneal transparency: Evidence for 'corneal crystallins'

    J. V. Jester;T. Moller-Pedersen;Jiying Huang;C. M. Sax

  • Corneal stromal wound healing in refractive surgery: the role of myofibroblasts.

    James V. Jester;Walter M Petroll;Harrison D Cavanagh

  • Epithelial and corneal thickness measurements by in vivo confocal microscopy through focusing (CMTF)

    Hong Fang Li;Walter M Petroll;Torben Møller-Pedersen;James K. Maurer

  • Induction of alpha-smooth muscle actin expression and myofibroblast transformation in cultured corneal keratocytes.

    James V. Jester;James V. Jester;Patricia A. Barry-Lane;Harrison D Cavanagh;Walter M Petroll

  • Stromal wound healing explains refractive instability and haze development after photorefractive keratectomy: a 1-year confocal microscopic study.

    Torben Møller-Pedersen;H.Dwight Cavanagh;W.Matthew Petroll;James V Jester

  • Clinical and Diagnostic Use of In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in Patients with Corneal Disease

    Harrison D Cavanagh;Walter M Petroll;H. Alizadeh;Yu-Guang He

  • Expression of alpha-smooth muscle (alpha-SM) actin during corneal stromal wound healing.

    J V Jester;W M Petroll;P A Barry;H D Cavanagh

  • Characterization of growth and differentiation in a telomerase-immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line.

    Danielle M. Robertson;Li Li;Stephen Fisher;Virginia P. Pearce

  • Matrix Metalloproteinase Gelatinase B (MMP-9) Coordinates and Effects Epithelial Regeneration

    Royce Mohan;Shravan K. Chintala;Jae Chang Jung;Winston V.L. Villar

  • Meibomian gland dysfunction in chronic blepharitis.

    W. D. Mathers;W. J. Shields;M. S. Sachdev;W. M. Petroll

  • Second-Harmonic Imaging Microscopy of Normal Human and Keratoconus Cornea

    Naoyuki Morishige;Andrew J. Wahlert;M. Cristina Kenney;Donald J. Brown

  • Confocal Microscopic Characterization of Wound Repair after Photorefractive Keratectomy

    Torben Møller-Pedersen;Hong Fang Li;Walter M Petroll;Harrison D Cavanagh

  • Effect of Epidermal Growth Factor, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, and Keratinocyte Growth Factor, on Proliferation, Motility and Differentiation of Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

    Steven E. Wilson;Yu Guang He;Jian Weng;James D. Zieske

  • Corneal Opacity in Lumican-Null Mice: Defects in Collagen Fibril Structure and Packing in the Posterior Stroma

    S. Chakravarti;W. M. Petroll;J. R. Hassell;J. V. Jester

  • Modulation of cultured corneal keratocyte phenotype by growth factors/cytokines control in vitro contractility and extracellular matrix contraction.

    James V. Jester;Jin Ho-Chang

  • Corneal haze development after PRK is regulated by volume of stromal tissue removal.

    Torben Møller-Pedersen;H. Cavanagh;W. Petroll;James Jester

  • Quantification of Stromal Thinning, Epithelial Thickness, and Corneal Haze after Photorefractive Keratectomy Using In Vivo Confocal Microscopy

    Torben Møller-Pedersen;Mitchell Vogel;Hong Fang Li;W. Matthew Petroll

  • Proteoglycan synthesis by bovine keratocytes and corneal fibroblasts: maintenance of the keratocyte phenotype in culture.

    Marianne P. Beales;James L. Funderburgh;James V. Jester;John R. Hassell;John R. Hassell

  • TGFβ Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation of Rabbit Keratocytes Requires Synergistic TGFβ, PDGF and Integrin Signaling

    James V. Jester;Jiying Huang;Walter M Petroll;Harrison D Cavanagh

  • Meibomian gland studies: histologic and ultrastructural investigations.

    J V Jester;N Nicolaides;R E Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric O. Potma
Eric O. Potma University of California, Irvine
Vasilis Vasiliou
Vasilis Vasiliou Yale University
Christopher J. Murphy
Christopher J. Murphy University of California, Davis
Akira Takashima
Akira Takashima University of Toledo
Winston W.-Y. Kao
Winston W.-Y. Kao University of Cincinnati
Chia-Yang Liu
Chia-Yang Liu Indiana University
Lbachir BenMohamed
Lbachir BenMohamed University of California, Irvine
David E. Birk
David E. Birk University of South Florida
Anthony B. Nesburn
Anthony B. Nesburn University of California, Irvine
Steven L. Wechsler
Steven L. Wechsler University of California, Irvine

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