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Rajesh C. Rao, MD

Leonard G. Miller Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Michigan
Verified email at vision.wustl.edu
Cited by 2286

Hijacked in cancer: the KMT2 (MLL) family of methyltransferases

RC Rao, Y Dou - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Histone–lysine N-methyltransferase 2 (KMT2) family proteins methylate lysine 4 on the histone
H3 tail at important regulatory regions in the genome and thereby impart crucial functions …

Autograft-derived spinal cord mass following olfactory mucosal cell transplantation in a spinal cord injury patient: Case report

BJ Dlouhy, O Awe, RC Rao, PA Kirby… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2014 - thejns.org
Over the last decade, human cell transplantation and neural stem cell trials have examined
the feasibility and safety of these potential therapies for treatment of a variety of neurological …

Ultra-widefield steering-based spectral-domain optical coherence tomography imaging of the retinal periphery

N Choudhry, J Golding, MW Manry, RC Rao - Ophthalmology, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To describe the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) features
of peripheral retinal findings using an ultra-widefield (UWF) steering technique to image the …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing clinical trials for inherited retinal diseases: recommendations from the Second Monaciano Symposium

…, SM Petersen-Jones, EA Pierce, RC Rao… - … vision science & …, 2020 - arvojournals.org
Major advances in the study of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) have placed efforts to develop
treatments for these blinding conditions at the forefront of the emerging field of precision …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation sequencing of vitreoretinal lymphomas from small-volume intraocular liquid biopsies: new routes to targeted therapies

…, H Demirci, MW Johnson, SA Tomlins, RC Rao - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL), the most common lymphoma of the eye, is a rare
form of primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL). Most frequently a high-grade diffuse large B cell …

[PDF][PDF] MLL1 inhibition reprograms epiblast stem cells to naive pluripotency

…, AK Shanmugam, Y Sun, H Karatas, L Liu, RC Rao… - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
The interconversion between naive and primed pluripotent states is accompanied by drastic
epigenetic rearrangements. However, it is unclear whether intrinsic epigenetic events can …

Patient perceptions of SARS-CoV-2 exposure risk and association with continuity of ophthalmic care

…, S Ji, PA Newman-Casey, RC Rao… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patient perceptions regarding the risks of obtaining in-person ophthalmic care
during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may affect adherence to …

[PDF][PDF] PRDM16 suppresses MLL1r leukemia via intrinsic histone methyltransferase activity

…, J Xiong, N Bhanu, Q Guo, P Ma, Y Sun, RC Rao… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
PRDM16 is a transcription co-factor that plays critical roles in development of brown adipose
tissue, as well as maintenance of adult hematopoietic and neural stem cells. Here we report …

Disease course in patients with pentosan polysulfate sodium–associated maculopathy after drug cessation

R Shah, JM Simonett, RJ Lyons, RC Rao… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Recent studies have linked a vision-threatening maculopathy with long-term
use of pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS). Objective To evaluate the disease course in PPS-…

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive genomic profiling of orbital and ocular adnexal lymphomas identifies frequent alterations in MYD88 and chromatin modifiers: new routes to …

…, SE Rahrig, Q Li, CA Briceño, SA Tomlins, RC Rao - Modern pathology, 2016 - Elsevier
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the orbit and ocular adnexa is the most common primary orbital
malignancy. Treatments for low- (extra-nodal marginal zone and follicular lymphomas) and …