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Donna Peters, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Email: dmpeter2@wisc.edu
Office: 6590 MSC
Phone: 608.262.4626
FAX: None
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Mailing Address:
6590 MSC
1300 University Ave
Madison, WI 53706
Research Summary
Cell-matrix signaling in the human eye; glaucoma
Education
1980-1983 Postgraduate Training, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1981 PhD, Rutgers University
Selected Publications
Filla,M.S.,Woods, A., Kaufman,P.L., and Peters,D.M.P. b1 and b3 Integrins Cooperate to Induce Syndecan-4 Containing Cross-linked Actin Networks (CLANs) in Human Trabecular Meshwork (HTM) Cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis. Sci. 47:1956-1967. 2006.
Gonzalez, J.M. Jr., Peterson,J.A., Peters, J.M., Newman,J., and Peters,D.M.P. Effect of Heparin II domain of Fibronectin on Actin Cytoskeleton and Adherens Junctions in Human Trabecular Meshwork Cultures. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 47:2924-2931. 2006.
Tan,J. C.H., Peters, D.M. and Kaufman,P.L. Recent developments in understanding the pathophysiology of elevated intraocular pressure. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology. 17:168-174. 2006
Peterson,J.A., Shiebani,N., David, G., Garcia-Pardo,A., and Peters,D.M.P. Heparin II Domain of Fibronectin uses a4b1 Integrin to Control Focal Adhesion and Stress Fiber Formation, Independent of Syndecan-4. J. Biol. Chem. 280: 6915-6922. 2005
Santas,A.J., Bahler,C., Peterson,J.A, Filla,M.S. Kaufman,P.L., Tamm,E.R., Johnson,D., and Peters,D.M.P. Effect of the Heparin II Domain of Fibronectin on Aqueous Outflow in Human Eye Organ Cultures. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 44:4796-4804. 2003