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Education

GRADUATE: 
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Jacksonville State University
Degree: Master of Science 


UNDERGRADUATE:    
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Research Interests

• Circadian biology
• Ocular physiology
• Melatonin/melatonin receptor
• Neural degeneration 

Publications

• Baba K, Suen TC, Goyal V, Stowie A, Davidson A, DeBruyne J, Tosini G. The circadian clock mediates the response to oxidative stress in a cone photoreceptor‒like (661W) cell line via regulation of glutathione peroxidase activity. F1000Res. 2022 Sep 20;11:1072. PubMed PMID: 
• Baba K, Piano I, Lyuboslavsky P, Chrenek MA, Sellers JT, Zhang S, Gargini C, He L, Tosini G, Iuvone PM. Removal of clock gene Bmal1 from the retina affects retinal development and accelerates cone photoreceptor degeneration during aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Dec 18;115(51):13099-13104. PubMed PMID: .
• Baba, K., Pozdeyev, N., Mazzoni, F., Contreras-Alcantara, S., Liu, C., et al., 2009. Melatonin modulates visual function and cell viability in the mouse retina via the MT1 melatonin receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 15043-15048. PMCID: 2736407
• Baba K., Benleulmi-Chaachoua, A., Journe, A.S., Kamal, M., Guillaume J.L., et al., 2013. Heteromeric MT1/MT2 Melatonin receptor modulate photoreceptor function. Sci. Signal. 6: ra89. PMCID: 3867265
• Baba K., Davidson A.J., Tosini G., 2015. Melatonin Entrains PER2::LUC Bioluminescence Circadian Rhythm in the Mouse Cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56: 4753-8. PMCID: PMC4516012
• Baba K., DeBruyne J.P., Tosini G., 2017. Dopamine 2 Receptor Activation Entrains Circadian Clocks in Mouse Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Sci Rep 7:5103. PMCID: PMC5505969
• Baba K., Piano I., Lyuboslavsky P., Chrenek M.A., Sellers J.T., et al., 2018. Removal of clock gene Bmal1 from the retina affects retinal development and accelerates cone photoreceptor degeneration during aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115:13099-13104. PMID: 30498030