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Serge Picaud

Researcher at Vision Institute

Publications -  297
Citations -  10645

Serge Picaud is an academic researcher from Vision Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Retina & Retinal. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 269 publications receiving 8843 citations. Previous affiliations of Serge Picaud include University of Paris & Max Planck Society.

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Cellular retinol-binding protein I is essential for vitamin A homeostasis.

TL;DR: CRBPI is indispensable for efficient RE synthesis and storage, and its absence results in a waste of ROL that is asymptomatic in vitA‐sufficient animals, but leads to a severe syndrome of vitA deficiency in animals fed a vitA-deficient diet.
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Retinitis pigmentosa: rod photoreceptor rescue by a calcium-channel blocker in the rd mouse

TL;DR: D-cis-diltiazem, a calcium-channel blocker that also acts at light-sensitive cGMP-gated channels, rescued photoreceptors and preserved visual function in the retinal degeneration mouse is reported.