Kapil Bharti

When pigment cells turn into neurons.

The other pigment cell: specification and development of the pigmented epithelium of the vertebrate eye.

Src-dependent phosphorylation of ASAP1 regulates podosomes.

Alternative promoter use in eye development: the complex role and regulation of the transcription factor MITF.

Expression profiling during ocular development identifies 2 Nlz genes with a critical role in optic fissure closure.

Lack of the mesodermal homeodomain protein MEOX1 disrupts sclerotome polarity and leads to a remodeling of the cranio-cervical joints of the axial skeleton.

The basic-helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper gene Mitf: analysis of alternative promoter choice and splicing.

The new paradigm: retinal pigment epithelium cells generated from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells.

Lack of the ventral anterior homeodomain transcription factor VAX1 leads to induction of a second pituitary.

A regulatory loop involving PAX6, MITF, and WNT signaling controls retinal pigment epithelium development.

Conditional knockdown of DNA methyltransferase 1 reveals a key role of retinal pigment epithelium integrity in photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis.

Vax1/2 genes counteract Mitf-induced respecification of the retinal pigment epithelium.

Efficient and rapid derivation of primitive neural stem cells and generation of brain subtype neurons from human pluripotent stem cells.

The indirect role of fibroblast growth factor-8 in defining neurogenic niches of the olfactory/GnRH systems.

Developing cellular therapies for retinal degenerative diseases.

PAX6 regulates melanogenesis in the retinal pigmented epithelium through feed-forward regulatory interactions with MITF.

DiameterJ: A validated open source nanofiber diameter measurement tool.

Small-molecule-directed, efficient generation of retinal pigment epithelium from human pluripotent stem cells.

Dataset for the validation and use of DiameterJ an open source nanofiber diameter measurement tool.

Human Adult Retinal Pigment Epithelial Stem Cell-Derived RPE Monolayers Exhibit Key Physiological Characteristics of Native Tissue.

Nanofiber Scaffold-Based Tissue-Engineered Retinal Pigment Epithelium to Treat Degenerative Eye Diseases.

In Pursuit of Authenticity: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium for Clinical Applications.

Training to Improve Precision and Accuracy in the Measurement of Fiber Morphology.

A basis for comparison: sensitive authentication of stem cell derived RPE using physiological responses of intact RPE monolayers.

A switchable positive and negative air pressure device for efficient and gentle handling of nanofiber scaffolds.

MITF - A controls branching morphogenesis and nephron endowment.

Polarized Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Exhibits Distinct Surface Proteome on Apical and Basal Plasma Membranes.

Primary Cilium-Mediated Retinal Pigment Epithelium Maturation Is Disrupted in Ciliopathy Patient Cells.

Allogeneic iPSC-Derived RPE Cell Graft Failure Following Transplantation Into the Subretinal Space in Nonhuman Primates.

Report of the international conference on manufacturing and testing of pluripotent stem cells.

Identifying core biological processes distinguishing human eye tissues with precise systems-level gene expression analyses and weighted correlation networks.

Partial Rescue of Ocular Pigment Cells and Structure by Inducible Ectopic Expression of Mitf-M in MITF-Deficient Mice.

Retinal stem cell transplantation: Balancing safety and potential.

High-yield, automated intracellular electrophysiology in retinal pigment epithelia.

Retinal Pigment Epithelium Replacement Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Are We There Yet?

CSF1R blockade induces macrophage ablation and results in mouse choroidal vascular atrophy and RPE disorganization.

AMPK modulation ameliorates dominant disease phenotypes of CTRP5 variant in retinal degeneration.

Epithelial phenotype restoring drugs suppress macular degeneration phenotypes in an iPSC model.

In vitro disease modeling of oculocutaneous albinism type 1 and 2 using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium.

Cell culture models to study retinal pigment epithelium-related pathogenesis in age-related macular degeneration.

Triphasic developmentally guided protocol to generate retinal pigment epithelium from induced pluripotent stem cells.

Cell-autonomous lipid-handling defects in Stargardt iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelium cells.

Bioprinted 3D outer retina barrier uncovers RPE-dependent choroidal phenotype in advanced macular degeneration.

Stem cell sources and characterization in the development of cell-based products for treating retinal disease: An NEI Town Hall report.

Protocol to generate endothelial cells, pericytes, and fibroblasts in one differentiation round from human-induced pluripotent stem cells.

Retina and RPE lipid profile changes linked with ABCA4 associated Stargardt's maculopathy.

Considerations for Developing an Autologous Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC)-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Replacement Therapy.