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  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Thaddeus P. Dryja is affiliated with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in the United States. Their research spans several key areas within medicine, particularly focusing on ophthalmology and related molecular biological fields.

Their work prominently addresses topics such as retinal diseases and treatments, retinal development and disorders, and corneal surgery and treatments. Additional research interests include retinal imaging and analysis, the complement system in diseases, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and renal and related cancers.

Dryja's published papers cover various aspects of eye health and genetics. Notable recent publications include:

  • Differential and Altered Spatial Distribution of Complement Expression in Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 2021, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Complement factor B is critical for sub-RPE deposit accumulation in a model of Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy with features of age-related macular degeneration, 2022, Human Molecular Genetics
  • Overlapping Immunohistochemical Features of Adenocarcinoma of the Nonpigmented Ciliary Body Epithelium and Renal Cell Carcinoma, 2021, American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Molecular Genetics of Intraocular Tumors, 2020, Seminars in Ophthalmology
  • Recurrent keratoconus: an analysis of breaks in Bowman's layer in corneal grafts, 2023, BMJ Open Ophthalmology

Frequent coauthors in Dryja's work include Mehenaz Hanbazazh, Maura Crowley, Omar Delgado, Stephen Poor, and Karen Anderson. These collaborators have contributed across multiple publications in related fields, highlighting ongoing research partnerships.

Dryja's research has been published in several specialized venues associated with ophthalmology and molecular genetics, including:

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Seminars in Ophthalmology
  • BMJ Open Ophthalmology

Their main fields of study emphasize medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields concentrating on ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology.

Among their honors, Thaddeus P. Dryja was named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1996.

Best Publications

  • A human DNA segment with properties of the gene that predisposes to retinoblastoma and osteosarcoma

    Stephen H. Friend;Stephen H. Friend;Rene Bernards;Snezna Rogelj;Robert A. Weinberg

  • Expression of recessive alleles by chromosomal mechanisms in retinoblastoma

    W. K. Cavenee;W. K. Cavenee;T. P. Dryja;R. A. Phillips;William F Benedict

  • A point mutation of the rhodopsin gene in one form of retinitis pigmentosa

    Thaddeus P. Dryja;Terri L. McGee;Elias Reichel;Lauri B. Hahn

  • Effects of AIN457, a Fully Human Antibody to Interleukin-17A, on Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Uveitis

    Wolfgang Hueber;Dhavalkumar D. Patel;Thaddeus Dryja;Andrew M. Wright

  • Digenic retinitis pigmentosa due to mutations at the unlinked peripherin/RDS and ROM1 loci

    Kazuto Kajiwara;Eliot L. Berson;Thaddeus P. Dryja

  • Recessive mutations in the gene encoding the beta-subunit of rod phosphodiesterase in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

    Margaret E. McLaughlin;Michael A. Sandberg;Eliot L. Berson;Thaddeus P. Dryja

  • Frequent inactivation of the retinoblastoma anti-oncogene is restricted to a subset of human tumor cells.

    Jonathan M. Horowitz;Sang Ho Park;Emil Bogenmann;Jeng Chung Cheng;Jeng Chung Cheng

  • Allele-specific hypermethylation of the retinoblastoma tumor-suppressor gene.

    T Sakai;J Toguchida;N Ohtani;D W Yandell

  • Point mutational inactivation of the retinoblastoma antioncogene

    Jonathan M. Horowitz;David W. Yandell;Sang-Ho Park;Susan Canning

  • Mutations in the RPE65 gene in patients with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa or Leber congenital amaurosis

    Hiroyuki Morimura;Gerald A. Fishman;Sandeep A. Grover;Anne B. Fulton

  • Transgenic mice with a rhodopsin mutation (Pro23His): A mouse model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa

    Jane E. Olsson;Jon W. Gordon;Basil S. Pawlyk;Dorothy Roof

  • Mutations within the Rhodopsin Gene in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Thaddeus P. Dryja;Terri L. McGee;Lauri B. Hahn;Glenn S. Cowley

  • Mutation spectrum of the rhodopsin gene among patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

    Thaddeus P. Dryja;Lauri B. Hahn;Glenn S. Cowley;Terri L. McGee

  • Mutations in the human retinal degeneration slow gene in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

    Kazuto Kajiwara;Lauri B. Hahn;Shizuo Mukai;Gabriel H. Travis

  • A Null mutation in the rhodopsin gene causes rod photoreceptor dysfunction and autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa

    Philip J. Rosenfeld;Glenn S. Cowley;Terri L. McGee;Michael A. Sandberg

  • Heterozygous missense mutation in the rhodopsin gene as a cause of congenital stationary night blindness.

    Thaddeus P. Dryja;Eliot L. Berson;Vikram R. Rao;Daniel D. Oprian

  • Retinitis pigmentosa and allied diseases: numerous diseases, genes, and inheritance patterns

    Carlo Rivolta;Dror Sharon;Margaret M. DeAngelis;Thaddeus P. Dryja

  • Mutation spectrum of the gene encoding the beta subunit of rod phosphodiesterase among patients with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa

    Margaret E. McLaughlin;Traci L. Ehrhart;Eliot L. Berson;Thaddeus P. Dryja

  • Null RPGRIP1 Alleles in Patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis

    Thaddeus P. Dryja;Scott M. Adams;Jonna L. Grimsby;Terri L. McGee

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the alpha subunit of the rod cGMP-gated channel in autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa.

    Thaddeus P. Dryja;John T. Finn;You Wei Peng;Terri L. Mcgee

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliot L. Berson
Eliot L. Berson Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
David W. Yandell
David W. Yandell Harvard University
Joan W. Miller
Joan W. Miller Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Stephen H. Friend
Stephen H. Friend Sage Bionetworks
Carlo Rivolta
Carlo Rivolta University of Basel
Jurg Ott
Jurg Ott Rockefeller University
Brenda L. Gallie
Brenda L. Gallie University of Toronto
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Gerald A. Fishman
Gerald A. Fishman University of Illinois at Chicago

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