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Overview

Neal S. Peachey is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work covers several subfields including Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Genetics, and Cell Biology. Their research topics often center on retinal diseases and treatments, retinal development and disorders, glaucoma and retinal disorders, retinal imaging and analysis, CRISPR and genetic engineering, retinal and macular surgery, as well as cellular transport and secretion.

Peachey has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications across various scientific venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Genetic loss of function of Ptbp1 does not induce glia-to-neuron conversion in retina, 2022, Cell Reports
  • A transcriptome-wide association study based on 27 tissues identifies 106 genes potentially relevant for disease pathology in age-related macular degeneration, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A multi-cohort genome-wide association study in African ancestry individuals reveals risk loci for primary open-angle glaucoma, 2024, Cell
  • Cell-specific regulation of gene expression using splicing-dependent frameshifting, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Role of monocarboxylate transporters in regulating metabolic homeostasis in the outer retina: Insight gained from cell-specific Bsg deletion, 2020, The FASEB Journal

This scientist frequently collaborates with peers, including Sudha K. Iyengar, Christopher Halladay, Cari L. Nealon, Minzhong Yu, and Jessica N. Cooke Bailey.

Their research is regularly published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Ophthalmology
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Best Publications

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein–associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration

    Wei Chen;Dwight Stambolian;Albert O. Edwards;Kari E. Branham

  • Norrin, Frizzled-4, and Lrp5 Signaling in Endothelial Cells Controls a Genetic Program for Retinal Vascularization

    Xin Ye;Yanshu Wang;Hugh Cahill;Minzhong Yu

  • Mechanisms of rhodopsin inactivation in vivo as revealed by a COOH-terminal truncation mutant

    Jeannie Chen;Clint L. Makino;Neal S. Peachey;Denis A. Baylor

  • A transient receptor potential-like channel mediates synaptic transmission in rod bipolar cells

    Yin Shen;J. Alexander Heimel;Maarten Kamermans;Maarten Kamermans;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey

  • Implantation of silicon chip microphotodiode arrays into the cat subretinal space

    A.Y. Chow;M.T. Pardue;V.Y. Chow;G.A. Peyman

  • Expression of bestrophin-1, the product of the VMD2 gene, modulates voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in retinal pigment epithelial cells

    Rita Rosenthal;Benjamin Bakall;Benjamin Bakall;Tyson Kinnick;Neal Peachey;Neal Peachey

  • 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

  • Light-Induced Acceleration of Photoreceptor Degeneration in Transgenic Mice Expressing Mutant Rhodopsin

    Muna L. Naash;Neal S. Peachey;X Zong-Yi Li;Chester C. Gryczan

  • The Light Peak of the Electroretinogram Is Dependent on Voltage-gated Calcium Channels and Antagonized by Bestrophin (Best-1)

    Lihua Y. Marmorstein;Jiang Wu;Precious McLaughlin;John Yocom

  • Neuronal Pentraxins Mediate Synaptic Refinement in the Developing Visual System

    Lisa Bjartmar;Andrew D Huberman;Erik M Ullian;Rene C Renterıa

  • A Naturally Occurring Mouse Model of X-Linked Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Machelle T. Pardue;Maureen A. McCall;Matthew M. LaVail;Ronald G. Gregg

  • The relationship between opsin overexpression and photoreceptor degeneration.

    Elaine Tan;Quan Wang;Alexander B. Quiambao;Xiaoping Xu

  • Class 5 transmembrane semaphorins control selective mammalian retinal lamination and function

    Ryota L. Matsuoka;Onanong Chivatakarn;Tudor C. Badea;Ivy S. Samuels;Ivy S. Samuels

  • Elimination of the ρ1 Subunit Abolishes GABACReceptor Expression and Alters Visual Processing in the Mouse Retina

    Maureen A. McCall;Peter D. Lukasiewicz;Ronald G. Gregg;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey

  • Proteomics Reveal Cochlin Deposits Associated with Glaucomatous Trabecular Meshwork

    Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya;Edward J. Rockwood;Scott D. Smith;Vera L. Bonilha

  • Subretinal semiconductor microphotodiode array.

    Gholam Peyman;Alan Y Chow;Chanping Liang;Vincent Y Chow

  • Psychophysical and Electroretinographic Findings in X-linked Juvenile Retinoschisis

    Neal S. Peachey;Gerald A. Fishman;Deborah J. Derlacki;Mitchell G. Brigell

  • Functional roles of bestrophins in ocular epithelia

    Alan D. Marmorstein;Harold E. Cross;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey

Frequent Co-Authors

Patsy M. Nishina
Patsy M. Nishina Tufts University
Machelle T. Pardue
Machelle T. Pardue Georgia Institute of Technology
Steven J. Fliesler
Steven J. Fliesler University at Buffalo, State University of New York
John W. Crabb
John W. Crabb Cleveland Clinic
Gerald A. Fishman
Gerald A. Fishman University of Illinois at Chicago
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
Emily Y. Chew
Emily Y. Chew National Institutes of Health
Paulo A. Ferreira
Paulo A. Ferreira Duke University
Sudha K. Iyengar
Sudha K. Iyengar Case Western Reserve University
Barbara E. K. Klein
Barbara E. K. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison

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