Publicatioins

FROM THE ARCHIVES OF BETTY JEAN WAGNER, PhD
  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH  
 


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Hosler MR, Wagner BJ. Role of the proteasome in TGF-beta signaling in lens epithelial cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Forthcoming.

2. Gupta V, Galante A, Soteropolos P, Guo S, Wagner BJ. Globel profiling reveals novel glucocorticoid induced changes in gene expression of human lens epithelial cells. Mol Vis 2005:11:1018-40.

3. Awasthi N, Wagner BJ. Upregulation of heat shock protein expression by proteasome inhibition: An antiapoptotic mechanism in the lens. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005:46:2082-91.

4. Rella J, Marcu, S, Wagner BJ. Rapid cyanide detection using the Cyantesmo Kit. J Toxicol 2004:42:897-900.

5. Awasthi N, Wagner BJ. Interferon-gamma induces apoptosis of lens a TN4-1 cells and proteasome inhibition has an antiapoptotic effect. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004:45:222-9.

6. Wang-Su ST, McCormack AL, Yang S, Hosler MR, Mixon A, Riviere MA, Wilmarth PA, Andley UP, Garland D, Li H, David L,Wagner BJ. Proteome analysis of lens epithelia, fibers, and the HLE B-3 cell line. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003:
44: 4829-36.

7. Gupta V, Wagner BJ. Expression of the functional glucocorticoid receptor in mouse and human lens epithelial cells.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003:44:2041-6.

8. Hosler MR, Wagner BJ. Targeted disruption of specific steps in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway by oxidation in lens epithelial cells. Intl J Biochem Cell Biol 2003:35:685-97.

9. Singh S, Awasthi N, Egwuagu C, Wagner BJ. Immunoproteasome expression in a non-immune tissue, the ocular lens. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002;405:147-53.

10. Yang S, Wang-Su S-T, Cai H, Wagner BJ. Changes in three types of ubiquitin mRNA an ubiquitin-protein conjugate levels during lens development. Exp Eye Res 2002;74: 595-604.

11. Su S-T, David LL, Lamp KJ, Yang S, Calvin HI, Garland D, Andley UP, Wagner BJ. Proteosome comparison of human lens epithelial cells with cultures HLE B-3 cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2000;41(4Suppl):S585.

12. Yang SJ, Wang-Su ST, Wagner BJ. Ubiquitin mRNA and protein levels during lens development. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1999;40(4Suppl):S524.

13. Cai H, Howells RD, Wagner BJ. Identification of a novel gene product specifically expressed in lens epithelial cells. Mol Vis 1999;5:9999.

14. Cai H, Singh I, Wagner BJ. Gene expression of the proteasome in lens development. Exp Eye Res 1998;66: 339-46.

15. Wagner BJ, Wang-Su ST, Sing I and Cai H. Three classes of ubiquitin mRNA are present in lens cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1997;38(Suppl):S581.

16. Singh I, Cai H, Wagner BJ. cDNA cloning of a homologue of human ATPase complex 4, quantitative tissue distribution and tertiary structure comparison of the ATPase domain to RecA. Arch Biochem Biophys 1996;333:260.

17. Cai H, Zelenka P, Wagner BJ. Expression of a 20S proteasome subunit and cyclin B during embryonic
lens development. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1996;37(Suppl):S981.

18. Cai H, Singh I, Wagner BJ. Evidence of proteasome involvement in lens development. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1996;37(Suppl):S981.

19. Wagner BJ, Margolis JW. Age-dependent association of isolated lens multicatalytic proteinase complex (proteasome) with heat-shock 90, an endogenous inhibitor. Arch Biochem Biophys 1995;323:455-62.

20. Wagner BJ, Margolis JW, Singh I. Lens multicatalytic proteinase complex. Enz Prot 1993;47:202-9.

21. Wagner BJ, Margolis JW. Thermal stability and activation of lens multicatalytic proteinase complex (proteasome). Arch Biochem Biophys 1993;307:146-52.

22. Pereira ME, Nguyen T, Wagner BJ, Margolis JW, Yu B, Wilk S. 3,4-Dichloroisocoumarin-induced activation of the degradation of beta-casein by the pituitary multicatalytic proteinase complex. J Biol Chem 1992;267: 7949-55.

23. Wagner BJ, Margolis JW. Post-translational arginylation in the lens in an experimental model system. Exp Eye Res 1991;53:609-14.

24. Shivanandappa T, Wagner BJ, Margolis JW. Conserved N-terminal sequences in homologous subunits of the multicatalytic proteinase complex (proteasome). Curr Eye Res 1991;10:871-6.

25. Wagner BJ, Margolis JW, Yin, J. Covalent labeling of lens multicatalytic proteinase complex with [3H]di-isopropyl fluorophosphate. Curr Eye Res 1991;10:485-9.