Peter F. Hitchcock, Ph.D.: Publications

Calinescu AA, Vihtelic TS, Hyde DR, Hitchcock PF. Cellular expression of midkine-a and midkine-b during retinal development and photoreceptor regeneration in zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 2009;514:spc1.

Ochocinska MJ, Hitchcock PF. NeuroD regulates proliferation of photoreceptor progenitors in the retina of the zebrafish. Mech Dev 2009;126:128-141. Epub 2008 Dec 14.

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Ochocinska MJ, Hitchcock PF. Dynamic expression of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor neuroD in the rod and cone photoreceptor lineages in the retina of the embryonic and larval zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 2007;501:1-12 .

Mandal MN, Vasireddy V, Reddy GB, Wang X, Moroi SE, Pattnaik BR, Hughes BA, Heckenlively JR, Hitchcock PF, Jablonski MM, Ayyagari R. CTRP5 is a membrane-associated and secretory protein in the RPE and ciliary body and the S163R mutation of CTRP5 impairs its secretion. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:5505-5513.

Chang B, Dacey MS, Hawes NL, Hitchcock PF, Milam AH, Atmaca-Sonmez P, Nusinowitz S, Heckenlively JR. Cone photoreceptor function loss-3, a novel mouse model of achromatopsia due to a mutation in Gnat2. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:5017-5021.

Ayyagari R, Mandal MNA, Karoukis AJ, et al. Long anterior lens zonules and late onset retinal degeneration are caused by a CTRP5 gene mutation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:3363-3371.

Hitchcock PF, Raymond PA. The zebrafish retina as a model for developmental and regeneration biology. Zebrafish 2004;1:257-271.

Hitchcock PF, Kakuk-Atkins L. The bHLH transcription factor neuroD is expressed in the rod lineage of the teleost retina. J Comp Neurol 2004;477(1):108-17.

Hitchcock PF, Ochocinska M, Sieh A, Otteson DC. Persistent and injury-induced neurogenesis in the vertebrate retina. Prog Retin Eye Res 2004;23:183-194.

Otteson DC, Hitchcock PF. Stem cells in the teleost retina: persistent neurogenesis and injury-induced regeneration. Vis Res 2003;43:927-936.

Ruiz-Ederra J, Hitchcock PF, Vecino E. Two classes of astrocytes in the adult human and pig retina in terms of their expression of high affinity NGF receptor (TrkA). Neurosci Lett 2003;337(3):127-30.

Otteson DC,Cirenza PF, Hitchcock PF. Persistent neurogenesis in the retina of teleosts: the roles of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I. Mech Dev 2002;117:137-149.

Hitchcock PF, Otteson DC, Cirenza PF. Molecular cloning and cellular expression of the insulin receptor in the retina of the goldfish. IOVS, 2001;42:2125-2129.

Otteson DC, D'Costa AR, Hitchcock PF. Putative stem cells and the lineage of rod photoreceptors in the mature retina of the goldfish. Dev Biol 2001;232:62-76.

Raymond PA, Hitchcock PF. How the neural retina regenerates. In: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation. Vol 31. Fini ME, ed., Vertebrate Eye Development, New York:Springer-Verlag, 2000;197-218.

Easter Jr SS, Hitchcock PF. Stem cells and regeneration in the retina: What fish have taught us about neurogenesis. Neuroscientist 2000;6: 454-464.