Paul Bernstein
- Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
- Associate Professor
Research Interests
Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD is a clinician-scientist at the Moran Eye Center of the University of Utah. His clinical practice and basic science research laboratory are focused on age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly in the developed world, with particular emphasis on the biochemistry and biophysics of nutritional interventions that can prevent and treat this devastating disorder. His laboratory has identified the proteins responsible for uptake of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin into the macula, and in collaboration with the physics department, he has developed and patented novel noninvasive methods to assess nutritional status of the retina and other tissues.
Recent Publications
Yang Z, Camp NJ, Sun H, Zongzhong T, Gibbs D, Cameron DJ, Chen H, Zhao Y, Pearson E, Li X, Chien J, DeWan A, Harmon J, Bernstein PS, Shridhar V, Zabriskie NA, Hoh J, Howes K, Zhang K. (in press). A variant of the HTRA1 gene increases susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. Science.
Sharifzadeh M, Bernstein PS, Gellermann W. (2006). Nonmydriatic fluorescence-based quantitative imaging of human macular pigment distributions. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis, 23(10), 2373-87.
Fraciose JL, Askew EW, Lang JC, Bernstein PS. (2006). Serum and Macular Responses to Antioxidant Supplementation Versus a Carotenoid-Rich Dietary Intervention in the Elderly. Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research,4(1) 69-78.
Link(s) to Digital Copies of Selected Articles
http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/ir-main,927http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/ir-main,925
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