Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Southern California,1975-1978.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Role of carotenoids in age-related diseases, particularly AMD.
Neovascularization
R&D; Consulting, Senior Scientist, 2000-2004.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Professor, 1998-1999
Schepens Eye Research Institute & Dept. Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Asst. Scientist, Associate Scientist, 1985-1998
Doheny Eye Foundation (University of Southern California) Asst. Professor
Ophthalmology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, 1980-85
Southern Illinois University Asst. Professor of Anatomy 1978-1980
Dorey C.K., Granata, L., Nichols, C.R., Cheng, K.M., Craft, N.E. Dietary modulation of lens zeaxanthin
in quail. Exp Eye Res. (in process).
Craft, N.E., Haitema, T.B., Garnett, K.M., Fitch, K.A., Dorey, C.K. Carotenoid, tocopherol and retinol
concentrations in elderly human brain. J. Nutrition, Health and Aging, 8: 156-62, 2004.
Pang, J., Cheng, M., Stevenson, D., Trousdale, M.D., Dorey, C.K., and Blanks, J.C. Adenoviral-mediated
gene transfer to retinal explants during development and degeneration. Exp. Eye. Res. 79: 180-201, 2004.
Thomson, L.R., Toyoda, Y., Langner, A., Delori, F.C., Garnett, K.M., Z-Y, Wong, Nichols,
C.R., Cheng, K.M., Craft, N.E. and Dorey, C.K. Long term supplementation with dietary
zeaxanthin reduces photoreceptor death in light-damaged quail. Exp. Eye Res.
75(5):529-542, 2002.
Thomson, L.R., Toyoda, Y., Langner, A., Delori, F.C., Garnett, K.M., Nichols, C.R.,
Cheng, K.M., and Dorey, C.K. Light-induced photoreceptor cell death in quail is
prevented by elevated retinal zeaxanthin. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 43(11)3548-49,
2002.
Toyoda, Y., Thomson, L.R., Langner, A., Craft, N.E., Garnett, K.M., Nichols, C.R.,
Cheng, K.M., and Dorey, C.K. Effect of dietary zeaxanthin on tissue distribution of
zeaxanthin and lutein in quail. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 43: 1210-1221, 2002.
Delori, F., Goger, D. and Dorey, C.K. Accumulation of lipofuscin in the retinal
pigmented epithelium; Age relationship and spatial distribution in normal subjects. Invest.
Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 45: 1855-1866, 2001.
Chau, K-Y., Munshi, N., Keane-Myers, A., Cheug-Chau, K-W., Tai, A.K-F., Manfioletti, G.,
Dorey, C.K., Thanos, D., Zack, D.J., and Ono, S.J. The architectural transcription factor
HMG1(Y) participates in photoreceptor-specific gene expression. J. Neuroscience
20:7317-7324, 2000.
Delori, F.C., Fleckner, M.R., Goger, D.G., Weiter, J.J., Dorey C.K. Autofluorescence
Distribution associated with drusen in AMD. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.
41:496-504, 2000.
Kunert KS, Fitzgerald MEC, Thomson L, Dorey, C.K. Microglia increase as photoreceptors decrease
in the aging avian retina. Current Eye Research, 18:440-447, 1999.
Delori, FC and Dorey, C.K., In vivo technique for autofluorescent lipopigments.
Methods Mol Biol.108:229-43, 1998.
Armstrong D, Ueda T, Ueda T, Browne R, Al_Jada A, Fukuda S, Spengler R, Chou R, Hartnett ME, Buch P,
Dandona P, Sasisekharan R, Dorey, C.K. Hydroperoxide stimulates expression of TNFa,VEGF and PDGF and
retinal neovascularization in rabbit retina. Angiogenesis 2 (1): 95-108 1998.
Ueda T, Ueda T, Fukuda S, Browne R., Jenis E, Spengler R, Chou R, Buch P, Al-Jada A, Dandona P,
Dorey, C.K., Sasisekharan R, Armstrong D. Lipid hydroperoxides and TNFa and VEGF in a corneal model of
neovascularization. Effect of TNFa inhibition. Angiogenesis; 1(2): 174-184, 1997
Douki T, Lee S, Dorey, C.K., Floote TJ., Deutsch TF, Doukas AG. Stress-wave-induced injury to
retinal pigment epithelium cells in vitro. Lasers in Surgery & Medicine, 19: 249-259, 1996
Dorey, C.K., Aouididi S, Brown L, Xavier Reynaud and Dvorak HC. Correlation of vascular permeability
factor/vascular endothelial growth factor with extraretinal neovascularization in the rat. Arch. Ophthalmol
; 114:1210-1218.1996.
Delori FC, Staurenghi G, Arend O, Dorey, C.K., Goger D, Weiter JJ. In-vivo measurement of lipofuscin
in patients with Stargardts disease / Fundus Flavimaculatus. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.
36: 2327-2331, 1995.
Reynaud X and Dorey, C.K. Episodes of Hypoxia Induce Neovascularization in the Rat Retina.
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 34:3169-77, 1994.