Penn Veterinary Medicine | University of Pennsylvania

Description of Research Expertise

Achromatopsia

Behavioral Test for Visual Assessment of Canine Achromatopsia. Part 1: Control and Affected Dogs.

Behavioral Test for Visual Assessment of Canine Achromatopsia. Part 2: Affected Dogs.

Selected Publications

Greller AL, Hoffman A, Acland GM, Ying G-S, Liu C, Komáromy AM: The effects of a topically applied calcium channel blocker (Flunarizine) on intraocular pressure in normal dogs Oral presentation. Proceedings, 37th Annual Meeting, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, San Antonio, Texas November 2006.

Jacobson, Samuel G. Boye, Sanford L. Aleman, Tomas S. Conlon, Thomas J. Zeiss, Caroline J. Roman, Alejandro J. Cideciyan, Artur V. Schwartz, Sharon B. Komaromy, Andras M. Doobrajh, Michelle. Cheung, Andy Y. Sumaroka, Alexander. Pearce-Kelling, Susan E. Aguirre, Gustavo D. Kaushal, Shalesh. Maguire, Albert M. Flotte, Terence R. Hauswirth, William W.: Safety in nonhuman primates of ocular AAV2-RPE65, a candidate treatment for blindness in Leber congenital amaurosis. Human Gene Therapy 17(8): 845-58, Aug 2006.

Komaromy, Andras M. Garg, Christopher D. Ying, Gui-Shuang. Liu, Chengcheng.: Effect of head position on intraocular pressure in horses. American Journal of Veterinary Research 67(7): 1232-5, Jul 2006.

Jacobson, Samuel G. Acland, Gregory M. Aguirre, Gustavo D. Aleman, Tomas S. Schwartz, Sharon B. Cideciyan, Artur V. Zeiss, Caroline J. Komaromy, Andras M. Kaushal, Shalesh. Roman, Alejandro J. Windsor, Elizabeth A M. Sumaroka, Alexander. Pearce-Kelling, Susan E. Conlon, Thomas J. Chiodo, Vincent A. Boye, Sanford L. Flotte, Terence R. Maguire, Albert M. Bennett, Jean. Hauswirth, William W.: Safety of recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2-RPE65 vector delivered by ocular subretinal injection. Molecular Therapy: the Journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 13(6): 1074-84, Jun 2006.

Roman AJ, Aleman TS, Cideciyan AV, Schwartz SB, Doobrajh MD, Sumaroka A, Windsor EAM, Komáromy AM, Aguirre GD, Jacobson SG: Retina-wide and local retinal toxicity in preclinical studies of ocular therapy: ERG and morphometric standards in non-human primates Poster. Annual Meeting, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida May 2006.

Komáromy AM, Chiodo VA, Alexander JJ, Hauswirth WW, Acland GM, Aguirre GD: Targeting gene expression to canine cones with the human cone opsin promoters. Poster. Annual Meeting, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 2006.

Komáromy AM, Chiodo VA, Alexander JJ, Hauswirth WW, Acland GM, Aguirre GD: Cone photoreceptor targeted gene expression with human cone opsin promoters by subretinal injection of recombinant adeno-associated virus Oral presentation. Proceedings, Annual Meeting, European Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology / European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, Brugge, Belgium May 2006.

Capaldo F, *Komáromy, AM: Ophthalmic emergencies Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice 5(2): 134-144, 2006.

Komaromy, Andras M. Varner, Signe E. de Juan, Eugene. Acland, Gregory M. Aguirre, Gustavo D.: Application of a new subretinal injection device in the dog. Cell Transplantation 15(6): 511-9, 2006.

Wotman KL, Aguirre GD, Acland GM, Komáromy AM: Endothelin-1 plasma levels in dogs with progressive retinal atrophy Oral presentation. Proceedings, 36th Annual Meeting, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, Nashville, Tennessee October 2005.