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Apte Lab

@ApteLab

The Apte Laboratory in @WustlDOVS of @WUSTLmed/@WUSTL. We broadly study aging, inflammation, and eye disease.

 St. Louis, MO
sites.wustl.edu/aptelab/
Joined August 2021
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Apte Receives 2026 APVRS International Award Lecture | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ophthalmology.wustl.edu/apte…
Apte Receives 2026 APVRS International Award Lecture | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Apte Receives 2026 APVRS International Award Lecture | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Apte Receives 2026 APVRS International Award Lecture

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WashU Medicine Researchers Identify New Therapeutic Targets for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ophthalmology.wustl.edu/wash…
WashU Medicine Researchers Identify New Therapeutic Targets for Wet Age-Related Macular Degenerat...

WashU Medicine Researchers Identify New Therapeutic Targets for Wet Age-Related Macular Degenerat...

WashU Medicine Researchers Identify New Therapeutic Targets for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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WashU Medicine Researchers Identify Potential Tear-Based Biomarker for Glaucoma | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ophthalmology.wustl.edu/tear…
WashU Medicine Researchers Identify Potential Tear-Based Biomarker for Glaucoma | Ophthalmology &...

WashU Medicine Researchers Identify Potential Tear-Based Biomarker for Glaucoma | Ophthalmology &...

WashU Medicine researchers identify tear GDF15 as a potential noninvasive biomarker for primary open-angle glaucoma, supporting earlier detection.

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Collaborative Study Reveals New Insights into Early-Onset Inherited Retinal Diseases | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ophthalmology.wustl.edu/coll…
Collaborative Study Reveals New Insights into Early-Onset Inherited Retinal Diseases | Ophthalmol...

Collaborative Study Reveals New Insights into Early-Onset Inherited Retinal Diseases | Ophthalmol...

Researchers from the WashU Medicine John F. Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences published a Scientific Reports study revealing how CRX gene mutations disrupt retinal structure...

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linkedin.com/posts/raj-apte-… CONGRATULATIONS
Kishan was an outstanding fellow, and is a remarkable and caring clinician, educator and surgeon....

Kishan was an outstanding fellow, and is a remarkable and caring clinician, educator and surgeon....

Kishan was an outstanding fellow, and is a remarkable and caring clinician, educator and surgeon. One of the best! At WashU In St. Louis For St. Louis we are very proud of him. The residents at UT...

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Congratulations to Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, @ApteLab, who has been selected to present the @apvrs_org International Award Lecture at the 19th Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society Congress! This prestigious honor highlights Apte’s global impact on retinal #research & #patientcare.
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Poonam Naik Receives Postdoctoral Scholar Award to Advance Wet Macular Degeneration Research | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Congratulations Poonam ophthalmology.wustl.edu/poon…
Poonam Naik Receives Postdoctoral Scholar Award to Advance Wet Macular Degeneration Research |...

Poonam Naik Receives Postdoctoral Scholar Award to Advance Wet Macular Degeneration Research |...

Poonam Naik, PhD, received the Loris and David Rich Postdoctoral Scholar Award from the International Retinal Research Foundation to develop immune-based therapies for wet age-related macular...

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Apte Lab Students Publish Study on Retinal Break Risk Following Vitreous Hemorrhage | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ophthalmology.wustl.edu/apte…
Apte Lab Students Publish Study on Retinal Break Risk Following Vitreous Hemorrhage | Ophthalmology...

Apte Lab Students Publish Study on Retinal Break Risk Following Vitreous Hemorrhage | Ophthalmology...

Medical students and undergraduate researchers from the Apte Lab published a study in the Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases identifying risk factors for retinal tears in patients with vitreous...

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Congratulations to Henok Getahun! 👏👏 He has been selected to receive a DeNardo Education and Research Foundation award in recognition of his scholarly accomplishments within the Year-Long Research Program. @ApteLab #research #labs #visionscience ophthalmology.wustl.edu/heno…
Henok Getahun Named DeNardo Scholar for Scholarly Achievement in Year-Long Research Program |...

Henok Getahun Named DeNardo Scholar for Scholarly Achievement in Year-Long Research Program |...

Henok Getahun has been named a DeNardo Scholar in recognition of his outstanding scholarly accomplishments within the Year-Long Research Program at WashU Medicine.

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Opportunity Cost - Undergrad and med students face increasing challenges as admission to MD degree programs and competitive residencies gets harder. We see firsthand the stresses it creates ⁦@washumedicine⁩ and ⁦⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4131…
Gap years and the increasing opportunity cost of a career in medicine - PubMed

Gap years and the increasing opportunity cost of a career in medicine - PubMed

Gap years and the increasing opportunity cost of a career in medicine

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Apte awarded Gold Medal by Saudi Ophthalmology Society | Thank you SOS/GO Presidents,Organizing committee, Profs. Abouammoh and Alzahem for this honor and ApteLab⁩ ⁦@washumedicine⁩ ⁦@WashU⁩ ⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ for support ophthalmology.wustl.edu/apte…
Apte awarded Gold Medal by Saudi Ophthalmology Society | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Apte awarded Gold Medal by Saudi Ophthalmology Society | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, received the Gold Medal from the Saudi Ophthalmology Society for his lifetime contributions to vision science and retinal disease research.

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Remarkable effort by our resident Dr Wilson Wang to further BJC mission of precision medicine. Thank u ⁦@BJC_HealthCare⁩ ⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ @washumedicine⁩ Wang and Apte receive Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital grant ophthalmology.wustl.edu/wang…
Wang and Apte receive Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital grant | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Wang and Apte receive Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital grant | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Wilson Wang and Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, received a Foundation for BJC Hospital grant to study OCTA as a predictive tool for preeclampsia.

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Thank you @WashU @washumedicine #DannyNg #dennislam #tienwong @apvrs_org #aappo #APOIS #ARI
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Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, co-authored this publication that reviews expert consensus and controversies in diabetic macular edema (DME), the leading cause of vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy. @ApteLab #researcher #sciencenews pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4100…
International consensuses and controversies on causes, diagnosis and management of diabetic macular...

International consensuses and controversies on causes, diagnosis and management of diabetic macular...

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is the most common cause of vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (VTDR) with an increasing prevalence tied to the global epidemic in diabetes. Despite significant...

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In late September, Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, was invited to speak at the Taiwan Macula Society meeting in Taipei. He shared his expertise with an international audience on managing hemorrhagic posterior vitreous detachments and subretinal hemorrhage caused by trauma. @ApteLab
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Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, contributed to a new international consensus and guidelines publication on pachydrusen, retinal lesions within the age-related macular degeneration spectrum that differ from the soft drusen typically seen in dry AMD. @ApteLab pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4108…
International Consensus and Guidelines on Diagnosing and Managing Pachydrusen from APVRS, AEEC,...

International Consensus and Guidelines on Diagnosing and Managing Pachydrusen from APVRS, AEEC,...

Pachydrusen are a distinct drusen subtype associated with generalized or localized choroidal thickening, but not necessarily with diffuse thickening. Recognition of pachydrusen highlights the...

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Saudi Ophthalmology Society Conference 2025 🏅The SOS Gold Medal Lecture — where science meets excellence! Prof. Apte (USA) on Retinal Inflammation & Lipids, with Dr. Alzahem (KSA). 📅 13 Nov | 13:00 📍 Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences 🔗 sos-conferences.com
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Controversies, Consensuses and Guidelines on Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Developments in nAMD by APVRS, APOIS and the Academy of the Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO) - great collaboration across many continents! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4088…
International consensuses and guidelines on etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and future developments...

International consensuses and guidelines on etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and future developments...

Neovascular age-related degeneration (nAMD) is one of the leading causes of visual impairment in older populations in the developed world. With the aging population, the incidence of nAMD is growing...

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Study Explores Effects of S1P Receptor Modulation on the Retina ophthalmology.wustl.edu/s1p-…
Study Explores Effects of S1P Receptor Modulation on the Retina

Study Explores Effects of S1P Receptor Modulation on the Retina

Researchers at WashU Medicine’s Apte Lab published one of the first studies examining how S1P receptor modulation affects the human retina.

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@asrsdocs18 Jul 2025
Congratulations to Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, 2025 recipient of The Retina Research Foundation’s Gertrude D. Pyron Award! Learn more about Dr. Apte's accomplishments at asrs.org/pyronaward #ASRS2025
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Glia | Neurobiology Journal | From @Aptelab the first demonstration of a circadian rhythm in retinal microglia! Major implications for homeostasis and disease. Congratulations to ⁦@AndreaSanteford⁩ and #chaspfeifer for many years of effort onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Microglial Bmal1 Contributes to Diurnal Physiology and Retinal Homeostasis

Microglial Bmal1 Contributes to Diurnal Physiology and Retinal Homeostasis

Loss of Bmal1 alters diurnal physiology and induces a senescent-DAM phenotype in retinal microglia Bmal1−m/−m mice exhibit decrements in retinal health, diurnal behavioral dysfunction, and transcri...

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