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

  • GPR158 in the Visual System: Homeostatic Role in Regulation of Intraocular Pressure. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2019 05; 35(4):203-215.. View in PubMed
  • Developmental stage-specific proliferation and retinoblastoma genesis in RB-deficient human but not mouse cone precursors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 10 02; 115(40):E9391-E9400.. View in PubMed
  • Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 enhances rod survival in the rd1 mouse retina. PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0197322.. View in PubMed
  • Identifying Key Networks Linked to Light-Independent Photoreceptor Degeneration in Visual Arrestin 1 Knockout Mice. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018; 1074:281-287.. View in PubMed
  • Protective effect of clusterin on rod photoreceptor in rat model of retinitis pigmentosa. PLoS One. 2017; 12(8):e0182389.. View in PubMed
  • Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Enhances Rod Survival in the S334ter-line3 Retinitis Pigmentosa Model. PLoS One. 2016; 11(11):e0167102.. View in PubMed
  • Subretinal mononuclear phagocytes induce cone segment loss via IL-1β. Elife. 2016 07 20; 5.. View in PubMed
  • Reshaping the Cone-Mosaic in a Rat Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa: Modulatory Role of ZO-1 Expression in DL-Alpha-Aminoadipic Acid Reshaping. PLoS One. 2016; 11(3):e0151668.. View in PubMed
  • Characterization of Antibodies to Identify Cellular Expression of Dopamine Receptor 4. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016; 854:663-70.. View in PubMed
  • Arrestin 1 and Cone Arrestin 4 Have Unique Roles in Visual Function in an All-Cone Mouse Retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Dec; 56(13):7618-28.. View in PubMed