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 retinaJournal 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 Research87(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 International28(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 visionIn: Basic Neurochemistry. (Eds Brady, Siegel, Wayne Alberts et al.) pp. 887–903. Elsevier, Inc.