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Breadcrumb Mariya Moosajee Moosajee lab Ocular Genomics and Therapeutics Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Members Areas of interest Publications PublicationsCrick/Pre-Crick (-)Pre-Crick publications (75) Facet Crick/Pre-Crick Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 75Last updated : 20 April 2024 03:49 Inherited optic neuropathies: Real-world experience in the paediatric neuro-ophthalmology clinic Authors (4) Michael James Gilhooley Naz Raoof Patrick Yu-Wai-ManMariya Moosajee Genes Published 30 January 2024 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Spectrum of genetic variants in the commonest genes causing inherited retinal disease in a large molecularly characterised UK cohort Authors (17) Siying Lin Sandra Vermeirsch Nikolas Pontikos M Pilar Martin-Gutierrez Malena Daich Varela Samantha Malka[...]Mariya Moosajee Michel Michaelides Omar A Mahroo Andrew R Webster Gavin Arno Ophthalmology Retina Published 12 January 2024 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Identification of the regulatory circuit governing corneal epithelial fate determination and disease Authors (17) Jos GA Smits Dulce Lima Cunha Maryam Amini Marina Bertolin Camille Laberthonnière Jieqiong Qu[...]Mariya Moosajee Daniel Aberdam Nora Szentmary Simon J van Heeringen Huiqing Zhou PLOS Biology Published 19 October 2023 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activities of UK ophthalmologists Authors (5) HDJ Hogg L Low JE Self Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ Academic and Research Subcommittee JS Rahi Eye Published 1 July 2023 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Real-world clinical and molecular management of 50 prospective patients with microphthalmia, anophthalmia and/or ocular coloboma Authors (6) Philippa Harding Sri Gore Samantha Malka Jayashree Rajkumar Ngozi OluonyeMariya Moosajee British Journal of Ophthalmology Published 1 December 2023 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Investigating biomarkers for USH2A retinopathy using multimodal retinal imaging Authors (7) Jasdeep S Gill Vasileios Theofylaktopoulos Andreas Mitsios Sarah Houston Ahmed M Hagag Adam M DubisMariya Moosajee International Journal of Molecular Sciences Published 11 April 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Identification of 4 novel human ocular coloboma genes ANK3, BMPR1B, PDGFRA, and CDH4 through evolutionary conserved vertebrate gene analysis Authors (8)Nicholas Owen Maria Toms Rodrigo M Young Jonathan Eintracht Hajrah Sarkar Brian P BrooksMariya Moosajee Genomics England Research Consortium Genetics in Medicine Published 1 May 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Decision-making, attitudes, and understanding among patients and relatives invited to undergo genome sequencing in the 100,000 Genomes Project: A multisite survey study Authors (12) Saskia C Sanderson Celine Lewis Melissa Hill Michelle Peter Meriel McEntagart Daniel Gale[...]Mariya Moosajee Beverly Searle Amy Hunter Christine Patch Lyn S Chitty Genetics in Medicine Published 1 January 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details A mutant wfs1 zebrafish model of Wolfram syndrome manifesting visual dysfunction and developmental delay Authors (10) G Cairns F Burté R Price E O’Connor M Toms R MishraMariya Moosajee A Pyle JA Sayer P Yu-Wai-Man Scientific Reports Published 14 October 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Translational readthrough of ciliopathy genes BBS2 and ALMS1 restores protein, ciliogenesis and function in patient fibroblasts Authors (4) Jonathan Eintracht Elizabeth Forsythe Helen May-SimeraMariya Moosajee EBioMedicine Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Foveal structure and visual function in nanophthalmos and posterior microphthalmos Authors (13) Philipp L Müller Tim Treis Abdulrahman Alsaedi Andrew R Webster Peng Khaw Michel Michaelides[...] Paul FosterMariya Moosajee Carlos Pavesio Adnan Tufail Catherine Egan British Journal of Ophthalmology Published 21 July 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Bilateral macular drusen in acquired partial lipodystrophy with type 2 membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Authors (4) Alexander Tanner Hwei Wuen Chan Anna StearsMariya Moosajee BMJ Case Reports Published 21 June 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Publication objectives and processes at the British Journal of Ophthalmology: what authors and readers need to know Authors (4) Frank Larkin Ludwig M Heindl Mingguang HeMariya Moosajee British Journal of Ophthalmology Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Prospective study of the phenotypic and mutational spectrum of ocular albinism and oculocutaneous albinism Authors (7) Hwei Wuen Chan Elena R Schiff Vijay K Tailor Samantha Malka Magella M Neveu Maria TheodorouMariya Moosajee Genes (Basel) Published 30 March 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details REP1-deficiency causes systemic dysfunction of lipid metabolism and oxidative stress in choroideremia Authors (11) Dulce Lima Cunha Rose Richardson Dhani Tracey-White Alessandro Abbouda Andreas Mitsios Verena Horneffer-van der Sluis Panteleimon TakisNicholas Owen Jane Skinner Ailsa A WelchMariya Moosajee JCI insight Published 22 April 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details A newly developed web-based resource on genetic eye disorders for users with visual impairment (Gene.Vision): Usability study Authors (4) Jian Lee Yeong Peter Thomas James BullerMariya Moosajee Journal of Medical Internet Research Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Longitudinal study to assess the quantitative use of fundus autofluorescence for monitoring disease progression in choroideremia Authors (7) Adam M Dubis Wei S Lim Jasleen K Jolly Maria Toms Robert E MacLaren Andrew R WebsterMariya Moosajee Journal of Clinical Medicine Published 11 January 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Generation of two human control iPS cell lines (UCLi016-A and UCLi017-A) from healthy donors with no known ocular conditions Authors (7)Cecile Mejecase Philippa HardingHajrah Sarkar Jonathan Eintracht Dulce Lima CunhaLyes ToualbiMariya Moosajee Stem Cell Research Published 1 December 2020 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details PAX6 missense variants in two families with isolated foveal hypoplasia and nystagmus: evidence of paternal postzygotic mosaicism Authors (6) Dulce Lima CunhaNicholas Owen Vijay Tailor Marta Corton Maria TheodorouMariya Moosajee European Journal of Human Genetics Published 1 February 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Molecular diagnostic challenges for non-retinal developmental eye disorders in the United Kingdom Authors (6) Daniel Jackson Samantha Malka Philippa Harding Juliana Palma Hannah DunbarMariya Moosajee American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics Published 1 September 2020 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter 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Inherited optic neuropathies: Real-world experience in the paediatric neuro-ophthalmology clinic Authors (4) Michael James Gilhooley Naz Raoof Patrick Yu-Wai-ManMariya Moosajee Genes Published 30 January 2024 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Spectrum of genetic variants in the commonest genes causing inherited retinal disease in a large molecularly characterised UK cohort Authors (17) Siying Lin Sandra Vermeirsch Nikolas Pontikos M Pilar Martin-Gutierrez Malena Daich Varela Samantha Malka[...]Mariya Moosajee Michel Michaelides Omar A Mahroo Andrew R Webster Gavin Arno Ophthalmology Retina Published 12 January 2024 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Identification of the regulatory circuit governing corneal epithelial fate determination and disease Authors (17) Jos GA Smits Dulce Lima Cunha Maryam Amini Marina Bertolin Camille Laberthonnière Jieqiong Qu[...]Mariya Moosajee Daniel Aberdam Nora Szentmary Simon J van Heeringen Huiqing Zhou PLOS Biology Published 19 October 2023 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activities of UK ophthalmologists Authors (5) HDJ Hogg L Low JE Self Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ Academic and Research Subcommittee JS Rahi Eye Published 1 July 2023 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Real-world clinical and molecular management of 50 prospective patients with microphthalmia, anophthalmia and/or ocular coloboma Authors (6) Philippa Harding Sri Gore Samantha Malka Jayashree Rajkumar Ngozi OluonyeMariya Moosajee British Journal of Ophthalmology Published 1 December 2023 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Investigating biomarkers for USH2A retinopathy using multimodal retinal imaging Authors (7) Jasdeep S Gill Vasileios Theofylaktopoulos Andreas Mitsios Sarah Houston Ahmed M Hagag Adam M DubisMariya Moosajee International Journal of Molecular Sciences Published 11 April 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Identification of 4 novel human ocular coloboma genes ANK3, BMPR1B, PDGFRA, and CDH4 through evolutionary conserved vertebrate gene analysis Authors (8)Nicholas Owen Maria Toms Rodrigo M Young Jonathan Eintracht Hajrah Sarkar Brian P BrooksMariya Moosajee Genomics England Research Consortium Genetics in Medicine Published 1 May 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Decision-making, attitudes, and understanding among patients and relatives invited to undergo genome sequencing in the 100,000 Genomes Project: A multisite survey study Authors (12) Saskia C Sanderson Celine Lewis Melissa Hill Michelle Peter Meriel McEntagart Daniel Gale[...]Mariya Moosajee Beverly Searle Amy Hunter Christine Patch Lyn S Chitty Genetics in Medicine Published 1 January 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
A mutant wfs1 zebrafish model of Wolfram syndrome manifesting visual dysfunction and developmental delay Authors (10) G Cairns F Burté R Price E O’Connor M Toms R MishraMariya Moosajee A Pyle JA Sayer P Yu-Wai-Man Scientific Reports Published 14 October 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Translational readthrough of ciliopathy genes BBS2 and ALMS1 restores protein, ciliogenesis and function in patient fibroblasts Authors (4) Jonathan Eintracht Elizabeth Forsythe Helen May-SimeraMariya Moosajee EBioMedicine Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Foveal structure and visual function in nanophthalmos and posterior microphthalmos Authors (13) Philipp L Müller Tim Treis Abdulrahman Alsaedi Andrew R Webster Peng Khaw Michel Michaelides[...] Paul FosterMariya Moosajee Carlos Pavesio Adnan Tufail Catherine Egan British Journal of Ophthalmology Published 21 July 2022 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Bilateral macular drusen in acquired partial lipodystrophy with type 2 membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Authors (4) Alexander Tanner Hwei Wuen Chan Anna StearsMariya Moosajee BMJ Case Reports Published 21 June 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Publication objectives and processes at the British Journal of Ophthalmology: what authors and readers need to know Authors (4) Frank Larkin Ludwig M Heindl Mingguang HeMariya Moosajee British Journal of Ophthalmology Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Prospective study of the phenotypic and mutational spectrum of ocular albinism and oculocutaneous albinism Authors (7) Hwei Wuen Chan Elena R Schiff Vijay K Tailor Samantha Malka Magella M Neveu Maria TheodorouMariya Moosajee Genes (Basel) Published 30 March 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
REP1-deficiency causes systemic dysfunction of lipid metabolism and oxidative stress in choroideremia Authors (11) Dulce Lima Cunha Rose Richardson Dhani Tracey-White Alessandro Abbouda Andreas Mitsios Verena Horneffer-van der Sluis Panteleimon TakisNicholas Owen Jane Skinner Ailsa A WelchMariya Moosajee JCI insight Published 22 April 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
A newly developed web-based resource on genetic eye disorders for users with visual impairment (Gene.Vision): Usability study Authors (4) Jian Lee Yeong Peter Thomas James BullerMariya Moosajee Journal of Medical Internet Research Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Longitudinal study to assess the quantitative use of fundus autofluorescence for monitoring disease progression in choroideremia Authors (7) Adam M Dubis Wei S Lim Jasleen K Jolly Maria Toms Robert E MacLaren Andrew R WebsterMariya Moosajee Journal of Clinical Medicine Published 11 January 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Generation of two human control iPS cell lines (UCLi016-A and UCLi017-A) from healthy donors with no known ocular conditions Authors (7)Cecile Mejecase Philippa HardingHajrah Sarkar Jonathan Eintracht Dulce Lima CunhaLyes ToualbiMariya Moosajee Stem Cell Research Published 1 December 2020 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
PAX6 missense variants in two families with isolated foveal hypoplasia and nystagmus: evidence of paternal postzygotic mosaicism Authors (6) Dulce Lima CunhaNicholas Owen Vijay Tailor Marta Corton Maria TheodorouMariya Moosajee European Journal of Human Genetics Published 1 February 2021 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details
Molecular diagnostic challenges for non-retinal developmental eye disorders in the United Kingdom Authors (6) Daniel Jackson Samantha Malka Philippa Harding Juliana Palma Hannah DunbarMariya Moosajee American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics Published 1 September 2020 Crick labsMariya MoosajeeFull details