Selected Publications

Lewin, A.S., Drenser, K.A., Hauswirth, W.W., Nishikawa, S., Yasumura, D., Flannery, J.G. and LaVail, M.M.: Ribozyme rescue of photoreceptor cells in a transgenic rat model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Nature Medicine 4:967-971, 1998.

D'Cruz, P.M., Yasumura, D., Weir, J., Matthes, M., Abderrahim, H., LaVail, M.M. and Vollrath, D.: Mutation of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene Mertk in the retinal dystrophic RCS rat. Hum. Mol. Genet. 9:645-651, 2000.

LaVail, M.M., Yasumura, D., Matthes, M.T., Drenser, K.A., Flannery, J.G., Lewin, A.S., and Hauswirth, W.W.: Ribozyme rescue of photoreceptor cells in P23H transgenic rats: long-term survival and late-stage therapy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA. 97:11488-11493, 2000.

Vollrath, D., Feng, W., Duncan, J.L., Yasumura, D., D'Cruz, P.M., Chappelow, A., Matthes, M.T., Kay, M.A. and LaVail, M.M.: Correction of the retinal dystrophy phenotype of the RCS rat by viral gene transfer of Mertk. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA. 98:12584-12589, 2001.

Bok, D., Yasumura, D., Matthes, M.T., Duncan, J.L., Chappelow, A.V., Zolutukhin, S., Hauswirth, W. and LaVail, M.M.: Effects of adeno-associated virus-vectored ciliary neurotrophic factor on retinal structure and function in mice with a P216L rds/peripherin mutation. Exp. Eye Res. 74:719-735, 2002.

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