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Matt Rutar

Australian National University(AU)The University of Melbourne(AU)University of Canberra(AU)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Retinal Development and Disorders, Complement system in diseases, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Most-Cited Works

→ Retinal microglia: Just bystander or target for therapy?(2014)553 cited
→ Microglia-derived IL-1β promotes chemokine expression by Müller cells and RPE in focal retinal degeneration(2017)139 cited
→ Chemokine-mediated inflammation in the degenerating retina is coordinated by Müller cells, activated microglia, and retinal pigment epithelium(2015)128 cited
→ Small interfering RNA-mediated suppression of Ccl2 in Müller cells attenuates microglial recruitment and photoreceptor death following retinal degeneration(2012)114 cited
→ Analysis of Complement Expression in Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration: Synthesis and Deposition of C3 by Microglia/Macrophages Is Associated with Focal Photoreceptor Degeneration(2011)100 cited
→ Retinal Macrophages Synthesize C3 and Activate Complement in AMD and in Models of Focal Retinal Degeneration(2017)97 cited

→ Early Focal Expression of the Chemokine Ccl2 by Müller Cells during Exposure to Damage-Inducing Bright Continuous Light(2011)

92 cited

→ Brief Exposure to Damaging Light Causes Focal Recruitment of Macrophages, and Long-Term Destabilization of Photoreceptors in the Albino Rat Retina(2010)82 cited

→ A model of progressive photo-oxidative degeneration and inflammation in the pigmented C57BL/6J mouse retina(2016)75 cited

→ MicroRNA-124 Dysregulation Is Associated With Retinal Inflammation and Photoreceptor Death in the Degenerating Retina(2018)66 cited