PUBLICATIONS
2023
Magaña-Hernández, L., Wagh, A. S., Fathi, J. G., Robles, J. E., Rubio, B., Yusuf, Y., Rose, E. E., Brown, D. E., Perry, P. E., Hamada, E., & Anastassov, I. A. (2023). Ultrastructural Characteristics and Synaptic Connectivity of Photoreceptors in the Simplex Retina of Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea). eNeuro, Oct 12; 10 (10)
2021
Shen, H., Anastassov I.A., Kreitzer, M.A., Slaughter M.M., Chappell R.L. (2021) A dark decrement for enhanced dynamic sensitivity of retinal photoreceptors. Vision Research, 180, 80–86
2020
Care, R.A., Anastassov, I.A., Kastner, D.B., Kuo, Y-M, Santina, L.D., Dunn, F.A. (2020) Mature retina compensates functionally for partial loss of rod photoreceptors. Cell Reports 31, 107730.
2019
Anastassov, I.A.,Wang, W., Dunn, F.A. (2019) Synaptogenesis and synaptic protein localization in the postnatal development of rod bipolar cell dendrites in mouse retina. Journal of Comparative Neurology 527 (1):52-66
2018
Agosto M.A., Anastassov, I.A., Robichaux, MA, Wensel, T.G. (2018) A large endoplasmic reticulum-resident pool of TRPM1 in retinal ON bipolar cells. eNeuro Jul 4; 5(3).
Agosto, M.A., Anastassov, I.A., Wensel TG. (2018). Differential epitope masking reveals synapse-specific complexes of TRPM1. Visual Neuroscience 35: E001.
2017
Eblimit A., Akshay S., Thomas K., Anastassov I.A., Moayedi, Y., Abulikemu T, Mardon G, Chen R. (2017). Conditional loss of Spata7 in photoreceptors causes progressive retinal degeneration in mice. Experimental Eye Research 166: 120–130.
2016
Wensel, T.G., Zhang, Z., Anastassov, I.A., Gilliam, J. He, F., Schmid, M.F., Robichaux, M.A. (2016) Structural and molecular bases of rod photoreceptor morphogenesis and disease. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research (55): 32-51
He, F., Agosto, M.A., Anastassov, I.A.,Tse, D., Wu, S., Wensel, T.G. (2016) Phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate is light-regulated and essential for survival in retinal rods. Scientific Reports 6, 26978
2014
Agosto, M.A., Zhang, Z., He, F., Anastassov, I.A., Wright, S.J., McGehee, J., Wensel, T.G. (2014) Oligomeric state of purified transient receptor potential melastatin-1 (TRPM1), a protein essential for dim light vision. Journal of Biological Chemistry 289(39): 27019-33
Anastassov, I., Ripps, H., Chappell, R.L. (2014) Cytoprotection by endogenous zinc in the vertebrate retina. Journal of Neurochemistry 129(2): 249-55
2013
Anastassov, I., Shen, W., Ripps, H., Chappell, R.L. (2013) Zinc modulation of calcium activity at the photoreceptor terminal: A calcium imaging study. Experimental Eye Research 112: 37-44
2008
Chappell, R.L., Anastassov, I., Lugo, P., & Ripps, H. (2008). Zinc-mediated feedback at the synaptic terminals of vertebrate photoreceptors. Experimental Eye Research, 87(4), 394–7.
2004
Lee, K.-G., Miller, T., Anastassov, I., & Cohen, W.D. (2004). Shape transformation and cytoskeletal reorganization in activated non-mammalian thrombocytes. Cell Biology International, 28(4), 299–310.
Preprints
2023
Magaña-Hernandez, L., Wagh, A. S., Fathi, J. G., Robles, J. E., Rubio, B., Yusuf, Y., Rose, E. E., Brown, D. E., Perry, P. E., Hamada, E., & Anastassov, I. A. (2023). The functionally plastic rod photoreceptors in the simplex retina of Little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) exhibit a hybrid rod-cone morphology and enhanced synaptic connectivity. BioRxiv, 2023.06.28.546621. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.28.546621
Contributed images
2016
Gross, A.K., Bales, K.L. Aberrant protein trafficking in retinal degenerations: The initial phase of retinal remodeling. In: Experimental Eye Research 2016 Sep; 150:71-80, Elsevier, Inc.
2012
Hollingsworth, T.J., Gross, A.K. Defective trafficking of rhodopsin and its role in retinal degenerations. In: International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology. (Ed. Jeon) Vol. 293, pp. 1–44, Elsevier, Inc.
Wensel, T.G. Molecular biology of vision. In: Basic Neurochemistry. (Eds Brady, Siegel, Wayne Alberts et al.) pp. 887–903. Elsevier, Inc.