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Joseph C. Besharse is affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Neurology.

Their research topics encompass Retinal Development and Disorders, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Joseph C. Besharse has contributed to several recent publications, including the following papers:

  • Ablation of mpeg + Macrophages Exacerbates mfrp -Related Hyperopia, 2021, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Ablation ofmpeg+ macrophages exacerbatesmfrp-related hyperopia, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Janice M. Burke, PhD, FARVO - in Memoriam (1946-2022), 2022, Experimental Eye Research

Among frequent co-authors, Joseph C. Besharse has collaborated most often with:

  • Zachary J. Brandt
  • Ross F. Collery
  • Brian A. Link
  • Joseph Carroll
  • Dennis P. Han

The scientist's work has appeared in venues such as:

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Experimental Eye Research

Best Publications

  • The intraflagellar transport protein, IFT88, is essential for vertebrate photoreceptor assembly and maintenance.

    Gregory J. Pazour;Sheila A. Baker;James A. Deane;Douglas G. Cole

  • Circadian clock functions localized in xenopus retinal photoreceptors

    Gregory M. Cahill;Joseph C. Besharse

  • Circadian clock in Xenopus eye controlling retinal serotonin N-acetyltransferase.

    Besharse Jc;Iuvone Pm

  • Methoxyindoles and photoreceptor metabolism: activation of rod shedding.

    Joseph C. Besharse;Daiga A. Dunis

  • Circadian regulation of retinomotor movements. I. Interaction of melatonin and dopamine in the control of cone length.

    M E Pierce;J C Besharse

  • Chapter 2 Regulation of rhythmic photoreceptor metabolism: A role for post-receptoral neurons

    Joseph C. Besharse;P.Michael Iuvone;Mary E. Pierce

  • Circadian rhythmicity in vertebrate retinas: Regulation by a photoreceptor oscillator

    Gregory M. Cahill;Joseph C. Besharse

  • Turnover of rod photoreceptor outer segments. II. Membrane addition and loss in relationship to light.

    J C Besharse;J G Hollyfield;M E Rayborn

  • Vesicular transport of newly synthesized opsin from the Golgi apparatus toward the rod outer segment. Ultrastructural immunocytochemical and autoradiographic evidence in Xenopus retinas.

    D S Papermaster;B G Schneider;J C Besharse

  • Loss of Nocturnin, a circadian deadenylase, confers resistance to hepatic steatosis and diet-induced obesity

    Carla B. Green;Nicholas Douris;Shihoko Kojima;Carl A. Strayer;Carl A. Strayer

  • Resetting the circadian clock in cultured Xenopus eyecups: regulation of retinal melatonin rhythms by light and D2 dopamine receptors

    GM Cahill;JC Besharse

  • Intraflagellar transport and the sensory outer segment of vertebrate photoreceptors.

    Christine Insinna;Joseph C. Besharse

  • Rhythmic regulation of retinal melatonin: metabolic pathways, neurochemical mechanisms, and the ocular circadian clock.

    Gregory M. Cahill;Michael S. Grace;Joseph C. Besharse

  • Chapter 3 The daily light-dark cycle and rhythmic metabolism in the photoreceptor—Pigment epithelial complex

    Joseph C. Besharse

  • Implications of circadian gene expression in kidney, liver and the effects of fasting on pharmacogenomic studies.

    Yasuhiro Kita;Masahide Shiozawa;Weihong Jin;Rebecca R Majewski

  • Identification of a novel vertebrate circadian clock-regulated gene encoding the protein nocturnin

    Carla B. Green;Joseph C. Besharse

  • IFT20 Links Kinesin II with a Mammalian Intraflagellar Transport Complex That Is Conserved in Motile Flagella and Sensory Cilia

    Sheila A. Baker;Katie Freeman;Katherine Luby-Phelps;Gregory J. Pazour

  • Retinal Circadian Clocks and Control of Retinal Physiology

    Carla B. Green;Joseph C. Besharse

  • Light-sensitive melatonin synthesis by Xenopus photoreceptors after destruction of the inner retina.

    Gregory M. Cahill;Joseph C. Besharse

  • The homodimeric kinesin, Kif17, is essential for vertebrate photoreceptor sensory outer segment development.

    Christine Insinna;Narendra Pathak;Brian Perkins;Iain Drummond

Frequent Co-Authors

Joe G. Hollyfield
Joe G. Hollyfield Baylor College of Medicine
Gregory J. Pazour
Gregory J. Pazour University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Katherine Luby-Phelps
Katherine Luby-Phelps The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
P. Michael Iuvone
P. Michael Iuvone Emory University
George B. Witman
George B. Witman University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Joel L. Rosenbaum
Joel L. Rosenbaum Yale University
Stephen W. Wilson
Stephen W. Wilson University College London
Paul Witkovsky
Paul Witkovsky New York University
Eric A. Pierce
Eric A. Pierce Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

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