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Overview

Winston W.-Y. Kao is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific emphasis on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Ophthalmology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cell Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The focus of Kao's work includes several main topics related to ocular health and biomedical research. These topics are:

  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Corneal Surgery and Disorders
  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders
  • Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans Research
  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research

Kao's recent research papers include:

  • "Keratin expression by corneal and limbal stem cells during development," 2020, Experimental Eye Research
  • "Expression and role of lumican in acute aortic dissection: A human and mouse study," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Lumican deficiency promotes pulmonary arterial remodeling," 2021, Translational Research
  • "Excess Transforming Growth Factor-α Changed the Cell Properties of Corneal Epithelium and Stroma," 2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "Manufacturing of human corneal endothelial grafts," 2023, The Ocular Surface

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Yong Yuan, Chia-Yang Liu, Jhuwala Venkatakrishnan, Shingo Yasuda, and Shizuya Saika.

Kao's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as The Ocular Surface, with eight papers, along with contributions to Experimental Eye Research, PLoS ONE, Translational Research, and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

Best Publications

  • Smad3 signaling is required for epithelial-mesenchymal transition of lens epithelium after injury

    Shizuya Saika;Satoko Kono-Saika;Yoshitaka Ohnishi;Misako Sato

  • ABCB5 is a limbal stem cell gene required for corneal development and repair

    Bruce R. Ksander;Paraskevi E. Kolovou;Brian J. Wilson;Karim R. Saab

  • Role of Lumican in the Corneal Epithelium during Wound Healing

    Shizuya Saika;Atsushi Shiraishi;Satoko Saika;Chia-Yang Liu

  • Stem Cell Therapy Restores Transparency to Defective Murine Corneas

    Yiqin Du;Eric C. Carlson;Martha L. Funderburgh;David E. Birk

  • Keratocan-deficient Mice Display Alterations in Corneal Structure

    Chia-Yang Liu;David E. Birk;John R. Hassell;Bradley Kane

  • Transforming growth factor(beta)-mediated corneal myofibroblast differentiation requires actin and fibronectin assembly.

    James V. Jester;James V. Jester;Jiying Huang;Patricia A. Barry-Lane;Winston W Y Kao

  • Roles of lumican and keratocan on corneal transparency.

    Winston W.-Y. Kao;Chia-Yang Liu

  • Role of p38 MAP kinase in regulation of cell migration and proliferation in healing corneal epithelium.

    Shizuya Saika;Yuka Okada;Takeshi Miyamoto;Osalnu Yamanaka

  • A role for MEK kinase 1 in TGF-β/activin-induced epithelium movement and embryonic eyelid closure

    Lin Zhang;Wei Wang;Yasuhito Hayashi;James V. Jester

  • Apoptosis down-regulates inflammation under the advancing epithelial wound edge: Delayed patterns in diabetes and improvement with topical growth factors

    David L. Brown;Winston W.Y. Kao;David G. Greenhalgh

  • Collagen V is a dominant regulator of collagen fibrillogenesis: dysfunctional regulation of structure and function in a corneal-stroma-specific Col5a1-null mouse model.

    Mei Sun;Shoujun Chen;Sheila M. Adams;Jane B. Florer

  • Cell therapy of congenital corneal diseases with umbilical mesenchymal stem cells: Lumican null mice

    Hongshan Liu;Jianhua Zhang;Chia-Yang Liu;I-Jong Wang

  • Expression of Smad7 in mouse eyes accelerates healing of corneal tissue after exposure to alkali.

    Shizuya Saika;Kazuo Ikeda;Osamu Yamanaka;Takeshi Miyamoto

  • Conjunctival epithelial cells do not transdifferentiate in organotypic cultures: expression of K12 keratin is restricted to corneal epithelium

    Willie Y. W. Chen;Mei Mei Mui;Winston W.-Y. Kao;Chia-Yang Liu

  • Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 activation induces inflammatory cytokine release in corneal epithelium through MAPK signaling

    Fan Zhang;Hua Yang;Zheng Wang;Stefan Mergler

  • Response of Lens Epithelial Cells to Injury: Role of Lumican in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

    Shizuya Saika;Takeshi Miyamoto;Sai-ichi Tanaka;Takeshi Tanaka

  • Keratocan, a Cornea-specific Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycan, Is Regulated by Lumican

    Eric C. Carlson;Chia-Yang Liu;Tai-ichiro Chikama;Yasuhito Hayashi

  • Characterization and Expression of the Mouse Lumican Gene

    Saixia Ying;Atsushi Shiraishi;Candace W.-C. Kao;Richard L. Converse

  • Proline analogue removes fibroblasts from cultured mixed cell populations

    Winston Whei-Yang Kao;Darwin J. Prockop

  • Cell Therapy of Congenital Corneal Diseases with Umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Lumican Null Mice - eScholarship

    Hongshan Liu;Jianhua Zhang;Chia-Yang Liu;I-Jong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Chia-Yang Liu
Chia-Yang Liu Indiana University
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
James V. Jester
James V. Jester University of California, Irvine
James L. Funderburgh
James L. Funderburgh University of Pittsburgh
David E. Birk
David E. Birk University of South Florida
Ying Xia
Ying Xia Fudan University
Eric Pearlman
Eric Pearlman University of California, Irvine
Kathleen C. Flanders
Kathleen C. Flanders National Institutes of Health
George F. Babcock
George F. Babcock University of Cincinnati
Yuqing Zhang
Yuqing Zhang Harvard University

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