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Robert M. Lavker is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research work primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cancer Research, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to ocular and systemic health. These include:

  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Corneal Surgery and Disorders
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies

Robert M. Lavker has contributed to various peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Corneal epithelial biology: Lessons stemming from old to new," 2020, published in Experimental Eye Research
  • "Synthetic high-density lipoprotein nanoparticles: Good things in small packages," 2021, published in The Ocular Surface
  • "The ACE2-deficient mouse: A model for a cytokine storm-driven inflammation," 2020, published in The FASEB Journal
  • "HDL Nanoparticles Have Wound Healing and Anti-Inflammatory Properties and Can Topically Deliver miRNAs," 2020, published in Advanced Therapeutics
  • "Ciliogenesis and autophagy are coordinately regulated by EphA2 in the cornea to maintain proper epithelial architecture," 2021, published in The Ocular Surface

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals, including:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Experimental Eye Research
  • The Ocular Surface
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Advanced Therapeutics

Collaborations are an important part of their research efforts. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Han Peng
  • Nihal Kaplan
  • Kurt Q. Lu
  • Andrea E. Calvert
  • C. Shad Thaxton

Best Publications

  • Label-retaining cells reside in the bulge area of pilosebaceous unit: Implications for follicular stem cells, hair cycle, and skin carcinogenesis

    George Cotsarelis;Tung Tien Sun;Robert M. Lavker

  • Existence of slow-cycling limbal epithelial basal cells that can be preferentially stimulated to proliferate: implications on epithelial stem cells.

    George Cotsarelis;Shih Zen Cheng;Gang Dong;Tung Tien Sun

  • Involvement of follicular stem cells in forming not only the follicle but also the epidermis.

    Gina Taylor;Michael S. Lehrer;Pamela J. Jensen;Tung Tien Sun

  • Strategies of epithelial repair: modulation of stem cell and transit amplifying cell proliferation.

    Michael S. Lehrer;Tung Tien Sun;Robert M. Lavker

  • Structural Alterations in Exposed and Unexposed Aged Skin

    Robert M. Lavker

  • Epidermal stem cells: Properties, markers, and location

    Robert M. Lavker;Tung Tien Sun

  • Heterogeneity in epidermal basal keratinocytes: morphological and functional correlations

    Robert M. Lavker;Tung Tien Sun

  • Corneal epithelial stem cells at the limbus: looking at some old problems from a new angle.

    Robert M. Lavker;Scheffer C.G. Tseng;Tung Tien Sun

  • Epidermal stem cells.

    Robert M. Lavker;Tung-Tien Sun

  • MicroRNAs of the mammalian eye display distinct and overlapping tissue specificity.

    David G Ryan;Michelle Oliveira-Fernandes;Robert M Lavker

  • Cumulative effects from repeated exposures to suberythemal doses of UVB and UVA in human skin

    Robert M Lavker;G.Frank Gerberick;Denise Veres;Chris J Irwin

  • Aged Skin: A Study by Light, Transmission Electron, and Scanning Electron Microscopy

    Robert M Lavker;Peishu Zheng;Gang Dong

  • Degranulation of human mast cells induces an endothelial antigen central to leukocyte adhesion

    Lynn M. Klein;Robert M. Lavker;Wendy L. Matis;George F. Murphy

  • MicroRNA-184 antagonizes microRNA-205 to maintain SHIP2 levels in epithelia

    Jia Yu;David G. Ryan;Spiro Getsios;Michelle Oliveira-Fernandes

  • Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species promote epidermal differentiation and hair follicle development.

    Robert B. Hamanaka;Andrea Glasauer;Paul Hoover;Shuangni Yang

  • Relative proliferative rates of limbal and corneal epithelia. Implications of corneal epithelial migration, circadian rhythm, and suprabasally located DNA-synthesizing keratinocytes.

    R. M. Lavker;G. Dong;Shiu Zen Cheng;K. Kudoh

  • In vitro growth and differentiation of rabbit bulbar, fornix, and palpebral conjunctival epithelia. Implications on conjunctival epithelial transdifferentiation and stem cells.

    Zhi-Gang Wei;Ren-Long Wu;R. M. Lavker;Tung-Tien Sun

  • Ocular surface epithelia contain ABCG2-dependent side population cells exhibiting features associated with stem cells

    Murat T. Budak;Onder S. Alpdogan;Mingyuan Zhou;Robert M. Lavker

  • Chronic heliodermatitis: a morphologic evaluation of chronic actinic dermal damage with emphasis on the role of mast cells.

    Robert M. Lavker;Albert M. Kligman

  • The anatomy and pathogenesis of wrinkles

    A.M. Kligman;P. Zheng;R.M. Lavker

Frequent Co-Authors

Tung-Tien Sun
Tung-Tien Sun New York University
George Cotsarelis
George Cotsarelis University of Pennsylvania
Burton Zweiman
Burton Zweiman University of Pennsylvania
George F. Murphy
George F. Murphy Brigham and Women's Hospital
Norman M. Schechter
Norman M. Schechter University of Pennsylvania
Albert M. Kligman
Albert M. Kligman University of Pennsylvania
Beatrice Y.J.T. Yue
Beatrice Y.J.T. Yue University of Illinois at Chicago
Donald T.H. Tan
Donald T.H. Tan National University of Singapore
Gerald S. Lazarus
Gerald S. Lazarus Duke University
James J. Leyden
James J. Leyden University of Pennsylvania

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