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Cheryl Mae Craft, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology

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Education and Training

  • Valdosta State University — BS — 1969
  • Eastern KY University — Teaching Certificate — 1971
  • University of Texas Biomedical Graduate School of San Antonio — PhD — 1984
  • NIH-NEI and NIH-NICHD, Post-Doctoral Fellowship — 1986

Research Funding

  • Mechanisms of Cone Pigment Deactivation
    NIH · R01EY015851 · Sep 30, 2005 – Aug 31, 2011 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF RETINAL/PINEAL MELATONIN SYNTHESIS
    NIH · R29NS028126 · Jan 1, 1990 – Dec 31, 1995 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • ADRENERGIC REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION
    NIH · F32NS007570 · Nov 6, 1984 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Identification and characterization of early human photoreceptor states and cell-state-specific retinoblastoma-related features. Elife. 2025 Aug 06; 13.. View in PubMed
  • Identification and characterization of early human photoreceptor states and cell-state-specific retinoblastoma-related features. bioRxiv. 2025 Apr 24.. View in PubMed
  • Comparison of Retinal Metabolic Activity and Structural Development between rd10 Mice and Normal Mice Using Multiphoton Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2024 Jan 06; 46(1):612-620.. View in PubMed
  • Recovery of dopaminergic amacrine cells after strobe light stimulation in the developing rat retina. Exp Eye Res. 2023 03; 228:109394.. View in PubMed
  • Gene Expression of Clusterin, Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1, and Their Receptors in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells and Müller Glial Cells Is Modulated by Inflammatory Stresses. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023; 1415:215-219.. View in PubMed
  • An immature, dedifferentiated, and lineage-deconstrained cone precursor origin of N-Myc-initiated retinoblastoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 07 12; 119(28):e2200721119.. View in PubMed
  • Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) are localized in the nucleus of retinal Müller glial cells and modulated by cytokines and oxidative stress. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0253915.. View in PubMed
  • Clusterin enhances cell survival by suppressing neuronal nitric-oxide synthase expression in the rhodopsin S334ter-line3 retinitis pigmentosa model. Brain Res. 2021 10 01; 1768:147575.. View in PubMed
  • Assessment of inner retinal oxygen metrics and thickness in a mouse model of inherited retinal degeneration. Exp Eye Res. 2021 04; 205:108480.. View in PubMed
  • A Defective Crosstalk Between Neurons and Müller Glial Cells in the rd1 Retina Impairs the Regenerative Potential of Glial Stem Cells. Front Cell Neurosci. 2019; 13:334.. View in PubMed

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