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Simon Kaja, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology

Bio

Hobbies include cooking and traveling.

Publications/Research Listings

  • Ghosh, AK; Thapa, R; Hariani, HN; Volyanyuk, M; Ogle, SD; Orloff, KA; Ankireddy, S; Lai, K; Žiniauskaite, A; Stubbs, EB; Kalesnykas, G; Hakkarainen, JJ; Langert, KA; Kaja, S Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles Encapsulating the Prenylated Flavonoid, Xanthohumol, Protect Corneal Epithelial Cells from Dry Eye Disease-Associated Oxidative Stress. Pharmaceutics ; 13 9
  • Ghosh, AK; Rao, VR; Wisniewski, VJ; Zigrossi, AD; Floss, J; Koulen, P; Stubbs, EB; Kaja, S Differential Activation of Glioprotective Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Primary Optic Nerve Head Astrocytes after Treatment with Different Classes of Antioxidants. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) ; 9 4
  • Pulido, I; Ollosi, S; Aparisi, S; Becker, JH; Aliena-Valero, A; Benet, M; Rodríguez, ML; López, A; Tamayo-Torres, E; Chuliá-Peris, L; García-Cañaveras, JC; Soucheray, M; Dalheim, AV; Salom, JB; Qiu, W; Kaja, S; Alcácer Fernández-Coronado, J; Alandes, S; Alcácer, J; Al-Shahrour, F; Borgia, JA; Juan, O; Nishimura, MI; Lahoz, A; Carretero, J; Shimamura, T Endothelin-1-mediated Drug Resistance in EGFR-mutant NSCLC. Cancer research
  • Breuer, EK; Fukushiro-Lopes, D; Dalheim, A; Burnette, M; Zartman, J; Kaja, S; Wells, C; Campo, L; Curtis, KJ; Romero-Moreno, R; Littlepage, LE; Niebur, GL; Hoskins, K; Nishimura, MI; Gentile, S Potassium channel activity controls breast cancer metastasis by affecting ß-catenin signaling. Cell death & disease ; 10 3
  • Žiniauskaite, A; Ragauskas, S; Ghosh, AK; Thapa, R; Roessler, AE; Koulen, P; Kalesnykas, G; Hakkarainen, JJ; Kaja, S Manganese(III) tetrakis(1-methyl-4-pyridyl) porphyrin, a superoxide dismutase mimetic, reduces disease severity in in vitro and in vivo models for dry-eye disease. The Ocular Surface ; 17 2
  • Kouzoukas, DE; Schreiber, JA; Tajuddin, NF; Kaja, S; Neafsey, EJ; Kim, HY; Collins, MA PARP inhibition in vivo blocks alcohol-induced brain neurodegeneration and neuroinflammatory cytosolic phospholipase A2 elevations. Neurochemistry international ; 129
  • Rao, VR; Lautz, JD; Kaja, S; Foecking, EM; Lukács, E; Stubbs, EB Mitochondrial-Targeted Antioxidants Attenuate TGF-ß2 Signaling in Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ; 60 10
  • Rosen, SM; Kaja, S; De Alba, F Association of Transient Colorblindness With Sildenafil and Tadalafil. JAMA ophthalmology
  • Žiniauskaite, A; Ragauskas, S; Hakkarainen, JJ; Rich, CC; Baumgartner, R; Kalesnykas, G; Albers, DS; Kaja, S Efficacy of Trabodenoson in a Mouse Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS) Model for Dry-Eye Syndrome. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ; 59 7
  • Huang, J; Romero-Suarez, S; Lara, N; Mo, C; Kaja, S; Brotto, L; Dallas, SL; Johnson, ML; Jähn, K; Bonewald, LF; Brotto, M Crosstalk between MLO-Y4 osteocytes and C2C12 muscle cells is mediated by the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway. JBMR plus ; 1 2