Defects in RGS9 or its anchor protein R9AP in patients with slow photoreceptor deactivation

KM Nishiguchi, MA Sandberg, AC Kooijman… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
The RGS proteins are GTPase activating proteins that accelerate the deactivation of G
proteins in a variety of signalling pathways in eukaryotes,,,,,. RGS9 deactivates the G …

Genome-wide association study identifies seven novel susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

Y Shiga, M Akiyama, KM Nishiguchi… - Human molecular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness
worldwide for which 15 disease-associated loci had been discovered. Among them, only 5 …

Cone cGMP‐gated channel mutations and clinical findings in patients with achromatopsia, macular degeneration, and other hereditary cone diseases

KM Nishiguchi, MA Sandberg, N Gorji… - Human …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Unrelated patients with achromatopsia, macular degeneration with onset under age 50
years, cone degeneration or dysfunction, cone‐rod degeneration, or macular malfunction …

Whole genome sequencing in patients with retinitis pigmentosa reveals pathogenic DNA structural changes and NEK2 as a new disease gene

KM Nishiguchi, RG Tearle, YP Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
We performed whole genome sequencing in 16 unrelated patients with autosomal recessive
retinitis pigmentosa (ARRP), a disease characterized by progressive retinal degeneration …

[HTML][HTML] TRPM1 mutations are associated with the complete form of congenital stationary night blindness

M Nakamura, R Sanuki, TR Yasuma, A Onishi… - Molecular …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose To identify human transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member
1 (TRPM1) gene mutations in patients with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) …

[HTML][HTML] Profiles of extracellular miRNAs in the aqueous humor of glaucoma patients assessed with a microarray system

Y Tanaka, S Tsuda, H Kunikata, J Sato, T Kokubun… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Aqueous humor (AH) is one of the body fluids in the eye, which is known to be related with
various ocular diseases, but the complete RNAs characteristic of the AH in patients is not yet …

Genetic characteristics of retinitis pigmentosa in 1204 Japanese patients

Y Koyanagi, M Akiyama, KM Nishiguchi… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - jmg.bmj.com
Background The genetic profile of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in East Asian populations has
not been well characterised. Therefore, we conducted a large-scale sequencing study to …

[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy restores vision in rd1 mice after removal of a confounding mutation in Gpr179

KM Nishiguchi, LS Carvalho, M Rizzi, K Powell… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The rd1 mouse with a mutation in the Pde6b gene was the first strain of mice identified with a
retinal degeneration. However, AAV-mediated gene supplementation of rd1 mice only …

Recessive NRL mutations in patients with clumped pigmentary retinal degeneration and relative preservation of blue cone function

KM Nishiguchi, JS Friedman… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Mice lacking the transcription factor Nrl have no rod photoreceptors and an increased
number of short-wavelength-sensitive cones. Missense mutations in NRL are associated …

Phenotypic features of Oguchi disease and retinitis pigmentosa in patients with S-antigen mutations: a long-term follow-up study

KM Nishiguchi, Y Ikeda, K Fujita, H Kunikata, M Akiho… - Ophthalmology, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To present phenotypic features of 22 patients with S-antigen (SAG) mutations.
Design Retrospective cohort study. Participants Twenty-one Japanese patients from 16 …