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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Prolonged exposure to stress and the resulting over-stimulation of the HPA system are often detrimental to the homeostasis of an organism. In fact, chronic stress is believed to affect the pathology of several disease states including coronary heart disease and hypertension, diabetes and obesity. In humans, mutations in the GLC1A gene have been associated with primary open angle glaucoma. Previous studies on this gene have suggested that its expression is also affected by the same factors that mediate the stress response. With the ultimate goal of using the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, as an invertebrate model for glaucoma, we have measured the stress responsiveness of the cof-2 gene, one of two C. elegans proteins with significant homology to the myocilin olfactomedin domain. We show that both cof-2 mRNA and protein expression are developmentally regulated and that both are affected by heat shock stress.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0145-5680
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
723-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Glaucoma studies in the eyeless worm: stress responsiveness and temporal expression of the Caenorhabditis elegans myocilin-like gene, cof-2.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.