Iris Tumor

This image demonstrates an iris tumor that is sitting in the angle.  Photograph was made by James Gilman of the Moran Eye Center using a Goldmann 3-mirror lens scatter illumination with a Zeiss photo slitlamp and a Nikon D-1X camera.

Notable Paper: Structural basis of PIP2 activation of the classical inward rectifier K+ channel Kir2.2

The inward rectifying K+ channels (IRKs) are common ion channels that encompass seven distinct subtypes, each a potential target for pathology or a potential actor in various insults to the nervous system, the retina included.  IRKs in the retina are found in Müller glia, retinal pigment epithelium and on neurons in retina, so are fundamental to retinal …