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Matthew M. LaVail is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research broadly focuses on the fields of Medicine, with specific subfields including Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics related to retinal studies such as:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Matthew M. LaVail has contributed to research published in venues including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology

Their recent papers include:

  • An RCS-Like Retinal Dystrophy Phenotype in Mer Knockout Mice, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Correction to: Retinal Degenerative Diseases, 2020, Advances in experimental medicine and biology

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • John S. Duncan
  • Douglas Yasumura
  • Michael T. Matthes
  • Haidong Yang
  • Nikolaus Trautmann

Best Publications

  • IRE1 Signaling Affects Cell Fate During the Unfolded Protein Response

    Jonathan H. Lin;Han Li;Douglas Yasumura;Hannah R. Cohen

  • Mutation of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene Mertk in the retinal dystrophic RCS rat

    Patricia M. D’Cruz;Douglas Yasumura;Jessica Weir;Michael T. Matthes

  • Retrograde Axonal Transport in the Central Nervous System

    Jennifer H. Lavail;Matthew M. Lavail

  • Photoreceptor degeneration in inherited retinal dystrophy delayed by basic fibroblast growth factor

    Ella G. Faktorovich;Roy H. Steinberg;Douglas Yasumura;Michael T. Matthes

  • Multiple growth factors, cytokines, and neurotrophins rescue photoreceptors from the damaging effects of constant light.

    Matthew M. Lavail;Kazuhiko Unoki;Douglas Yasumura;Michael T. Matthes

  • Rod outer segment disk shedding in rat retina: relationship to cyclic lighting

    Matthew M. LaVail

  • Rods and cones in the mouse retina. I. Structural analysis using light and electron microscopy

    Louvenia D. Carter-Dawson;Matthew M. Lavail;Matthew M. Lavail

  • Protection of mouse photoreceptors by survival factors in retinal degenerations.

    Matthew M. LaVail;Douglas Yasumura;Michael T. Matthes;Cathy Lau-Villacorta

  • Inherited retinal dystrophy: primary defect in pigment epithelium determined with experimental rat chimeras

    Richard J. Mullen;Matthew M. LaVail

  • The retrograde intraaxonal transport of horseradish peroxidase in the chick visual system: a light and electron microscopic study.

    Jennifer H. LaVail;Matthew M. LaVail

  • Differential effect of the rd mutation on rods and cones in the mouse retina.

    L D Carter-Dawson;M M LaVail;R L Sidman

  • Retinal remodeling triggered by photoreceptor degenerations.

    Bryan W. Jones;Carl B. Watt;Jeanne M. Frederick;Wolfgang Baehr

  • Ribozyme rescue of photoreceptor cells in a transgenic rat model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

    Alfred S. Lewin;Kimberly A. Drenser;William W. Hauswirth;Shimpei Nishikawa

  • Efficient photoreceptor-targeted gene expression in vivo by recombinant adeno-associated virus

    J G Flannery;S Zolotukhin;M I Vaquero;M M LaVail

  • Rods and cones in the mouse retina. II. Autoradiographic analysis of cell generation using tritiated thymidine

    Louvenia D. Carter-Dawson;Matthew M. Lavail

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor and local injury protect photoreceptors from light damage in the rat.

    EG Faktorovich;RH Steinberg;D Yasumura;MT Matthes

  • Timing and Topography of Cell Genesis in the Rat Retina

    David H. Rapaport;Lily L. Wong;Eric D. Wood;Douglas Yasumura

  • Injury-Induced Upregulation of bFGF and CNTF mRNAS in the Rat Retina

    R. Wen;Y. Song;T. Cheng;M. T. Matthes

  • Influence of eye pigmentation and light deprivation on inherited retinal dystrophy in the rat

    Matthew M. LaVail;Matthew M. LaVail;Barbara-Anne Battelle;Barbara-Anne Battelle

  • Efficient photoreceptor-targeted gene expression in vivo by recombinant adeno-associated virus (gene therapyyretinayretinitis pigmentosa)

    John G. Flannery;Sergei Zolotukhin;M. Lavail;Nicholas Muzyczka

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas Vollrath
Douglas Vollrath Stanford University
William W. Hauswirth
William W. Hauswirth University of Florida
Alfred S. Lewin
Alfred S. Lewin University of Florida
Robert E. Anderson
Robert E. Anderson University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
John G. Flannery
John G. Flannery University of California, Berkeley
Joe G. Hollyfield
Joe G. Hollyfield Baylor College of Medicine
Dean Bok
Dean Bok University of California, Los Angeles
David R. Copenhagen
David R. Copenhagen University of California, San Francisco
Glen T. Prusky
Glen T. Prusky Cornell University
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco

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