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Robert F. Mullins

Robert F. Mullins

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
22414
World Ranking
4087
National Ranking
2008

Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
22675
World Ranking
17145
National Ranking
8591

Overview

Robert F. Mullins is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology and ophthalmology, with additional work intersecting radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, artificial intelligence, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's main areas of study include retinal development and disorders, retinal diseases and treatments, and retinal imaging and analysis. They have also worked on glaucoma and retinal disorders, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, CRISPR and genetic engineering, as well as adversarial robustness in machine learning.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Robert F. Mullins include:

  • Spectacle: An interactive resource for ocular single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis, 2020, Experimental Eye Research
  • Single-cell profiling reveals an endothelium-mediated immunomodulatory pathway in the eye choroid, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Cell-Matrix Interactions in the Eye: From Cornea to Choroid, 2021, Cells
  • The SWELL1-LRRC8 complex regulates endothelial AKT-eNOS signaling and vascular function, 2021, eLife
  • Bulk and single-cell gene expression analyses reveal aging human choriocapillaris has pro-inflammatory phenotype, 2020, Microvascular Research

Frequent collaborators associated with Robert F. Mullins include:

  • Budd A. Tucker
  • Edwin M. Stone
  • Ian C. Han
  • Andrew P. Voigt
  • Nathaniel K. Mullin

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Burn Care & Research
  • Experimental Eye Research
  • Human Molecular Genetics

Best Publications

  • An Integrated Hypothesis That Considers Drusen as Biomarkers of Immune-Mediated Processes at the RPE-Bruch's Membrane Interface in Aging and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Gregory S. Hageman;Phil J. Luthert;N.H. Victor Chong;N.H. Victor Chong;Lincoln V. Johnson

  • A role for local inflammation in the formation of drusen in the aging eye.

    Don H Anderson;Robert F Mullins;Gregory S Hageman;Lincoln V Johnson

  • Drusen associated with aging and age-related macular degeneration contain proteins common to extracellular deposits associated with atherosclerosis, elastosis, amyloidosis, and dense deposit disease

    Robert F. Mullins;Stephen R. Russell;Don H. Anderson;Gregory S. Hageman

  • Retinal neurodegeneration may precede microvascular changes characteristic of diabetic retinopathy in diabetes mellitus.

    Elliott H. Sohn;Hille W. van Dijk;Chunhua Jiao;Pauline H. B. Kok

  • T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 1 (TIM-1) is a receptor for Zaire Ebolavirus and Lake Victoria Marburgvirus

    Andrew S Kondratowicz;Nicholas J Lennemann;Patrick L Sinn;Robert A Davey

  • Bbs2-null mice have neurosensory deficits, a defect in social dominance, and retinopathy associated with mislocalization of rhodopsin

    Darryl Y. Nishimura;Melissa Fath;Robert F. Mullins;Charles Searby

  • Choriocapillaris vascular dropout related to density of drusen in human eyes with early age-related macular degeneration.

    Robert F. Mullins;Micaela N. Johnson;Elizabeth A. Faidley;Jessica M. Skeie

  • Clinically Focused Molecular Investigation of 1000 Consecutive Families with Inherited Retinal Disease.

    Edwin M. Stone;Edwin M. Stone;Jeaneen L. Andorf;Jeaneen L. Andorf;S. Scott Whitmore;S. Scott Whitmore;Adam P. DeLuca;Adam P. DeLuca

  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome type 4 (BBS4)-null mice implicate Bbs4 in flagella formation but not global cilia assembly.

    Kirk Mykytyn;Robert F. Mullins;Michael Andrews;Annie P. Chiang

  • Non-secretion of mutant proteins of the glaucoma gene myocilin in cultured trabecular meshwork cells and in aqueous humor

    Nasreen Jacobson;Michael Andrews;Allan R. Shepard;Darryl Nishimura

  • Mutations in the novel protocadherin PCDH15 cause Usher syndrome type 1F

    Kumar N. Alagramam;Huijun Yuan;Markus H. Kuehn;Crystal L. Murcia

  • Local cellular sources of apolipoprotein E in the human retina and retinal pigmented epithelium: implications for the process of drusen formation.

    Don H Anderson;Shiro Ozaki;Matthew Nealon;Jay Neitz

  • A knockin mouse model of the Bardet–Biedl syndrome 1 M390R mutation has cilia defects, ventriculomegaly, retinopathy, and obesity

    Roger E. Davis;Ruth E. Swiderski;Kamal Rahmouni;Darryl Y. Nishimura

  • Single-cell transcriptomics of the human retinal pigment epithelium and choroid in health and macular degeneration.

    Andrew P. Voigt;Kelly Mulfaul;Kelly Mulfaul;Nathaniel K. Mullin;Nathaniel K. Mullin;Miles J. Flamme-Wiese;Miles J. Flamme-Wiese

  • Structure and composition of drusen associated with glomerulonephritis: implications for the role of complement activation in drusen biogenesis.

    Robert F Mullins;Natalia Aptsiauri;Gregory S Hageman

  • Decreased Thickness and Integrity of the Macular Elastic Layer of Bruch's Membrane Correspond to the Distribution of Lesions Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    N.H. Victor Chong;N.H. Victor Chong;Jason Keonin;Phil J. Luthert;Christina I. Frennesson

  • Vitronectin is a constituent of ocular drusen and the vitronectin gene is expressed in human retinal pigmented epithelial cells.

    Gregory S. Hageman;Robert F. Mullins;Stephen R. Russell;Lincoln V. Johnson

  • Exome sequencing and analysis of induced pluripotent stem cells identify the cilia-related gene male germ cell-associated kinase (MAK) as a cause of retinitis pigmentosa

    Budd A. Tucker;Todd E. Scheetz;Robert F. Mullins;Adam P. DeLuca

  • Identical mutation in a novel retinal gene causes progressive rod-cone degeneration in dogs and retinitis pigmentosa in humans.

    Barbara Zangerl;Orly Goldstein;Alisdair R. Philp;Sarah J.P. Lindauer

  • PERSPECTIVE A Role for Local Inflammation in the Formation of Drusen in the Aging Eye

    Don H. Anderson;Robert F. Mullins;Gregory S. Hageman;Lincoln V. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Edwin M. Stone
Edwin M. Stone University of Iowa
Budd A. Tucker
Budd A. Tucker University of Iowa
Todd E. Scheetz
Todd E. Scheetz University of Iowa
Gregory S. Hageman
Gregory S. Hageman University of Utah
Val C. Sheffield
Val C. Sheffield University of Iowa
John H. Fingert
John H. Fingert University of Iowa
Michael D. Abràmoff
Michael D. Abràmoff University of Iowa
Milan Sonka
Milan Sonka University of Iowa
Andrew J. Lotery
Andrew J. Lotery University of Southampton
Joseph S. Takahashi
Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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