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Publications
Selected Recent Publications

Gaillard, E. R, Zheng, L. Merriam J. C. and Dillon, J., Age-related changes in the absorption characteristics of the primate lens. Invest. Ophthal. Vis Sci. (41:1454-59 (2000)

Dillon, J., Zheng, L., Merriam, JC and Gaillard, E.R. The optical properties of the anterior segment of the eye: implications in cortical cataracts. Exp. Eye Res. 68, 785-795 (1999)

Dillon, J Sunlight exposure and cataract. JAMA, 281, 229-230(1999).
Reszka, K., Eldred, G.E., Wang, R.. H., Chignell, C. and Dillon, J. The photochemistry of human retinal lipofuscin as studied by EPR. Photochem. Photobiol., 62:1005-1008 (1995).

Gaillard, E., Atherton, S., Eldrid, G. and Dillon, J. Photophysical Studies on human retinal lipofuscin. Photochem. Photobiol. 61, 448-453(1995)

Selected Publications

Ervin, LA, Dillon J and Gaillard. E Photochemically modified alpha-crystallin: A model for aging in the primate lens. Photochem. Photobiol. 73: 685-91 (2001)

Dillon, J., Skonieczna, M., Mandal, K. and Paik, D. The photochemical attachment of the O-glucoside of 3-hydroxykynurenine to a-crystallin: a model for lenticular aging. Photochem. Photobiol. 69, 248-253(1999)

Heckathorn,RC, Dillon J and Gaillard ER. Synthesis and Purification of 3- hydroxykynurenine-O-b-glucoside, a Primate Lens UV Filter, and Its Application in a Two Step Assay for b-Glucosidase Activity. Anal Biochem. Dec 1;299(1):78-83.(2001)

Ellozy, A.R., Wang, RH and Dillon, J. Photolysis of intact young human, baboon and rhesus monkey. Photochem. Photobiol. 474-478 (1994)

Narayanan, P., Merriam, J., Vazquez, M. And Dillon, J. Experimental model of light focusing of the peripheral cornea. The spatial distribution of light on the human lens. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 37:37-41 (1996).

Dillon, J., Ortwerth, B., Chgnell, C. and Reszka, K. EPR and spin trapping investigations of the photoreactivity of human lens proteins. Photochem. Photobiol. 69, 259-264(1999)

Dillon, J Sunlight exposure and cataract. JAMA, 281, 229-230(1999).

Dillon, J. UV-B as a pro-aging and pro-cataract factor. Documenta Ophthmologica 88, 339-344 (1995)

Paik, DC, Dillon, J. Galicia, E and Tilson, MD. The nitrite/collagen reaction: non-enzymatic nitration as a model system for age-related damage. Connect Tissue Res. 2001 Oct;42(2):111-22

Parish CA, Hashimoto M, Nakanishi K, Dillon J, Sparrow J. Isolation and one-step preparation of A2E and iso-A2E, fluorophores from human retinal pigment epitheliumProc Natl Acad Sci U S A Dec 8;95(25):14609-13(1998

Gaillard, E., Atherton, S., Eldrid, G. and Dillon, J. Photophysical Studies on human retinal lipofuscin. Photochem. Photobiol. 61, 448-453(1995)

Reszka, K., Eldred, G.E., Wang, R.. H., Chignell, C. and Dillon, J. The photochemistry of human retinal lipofuscin as studied by EPR. Photochem. Photobiol., 62:1005-1008 (1995).

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