Prospects for the application of Müller glia and their derivatives in retinal regenerative therapies

K Eastlake, WDB Lamb, J Luis, PT Khaw… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Neural cell death is the main feature of all retinal degenerative disorders that lead to
blindness. Despite therapeutic advances, progression of retinal disease cannot always be …

The retinal pigment epithelium: Development, injury responses, and regenerative potential in mammalian and non-mammalian systems

SM George, F Lu, M Rao, LL Leach… - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diseases that result in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) degeneration, such as age-related
macular degeneration (AMD), are among the leading causes of blindness worldwide …

Comparative biology of vertebrate retinal regeneration: restoration of vision through cellular reprogramming

L Todd, TA Reh - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in …, 2022 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The regenerative capacity of the vertebrate retina varies substantially across species.
Whereas fish and amphibians can regenerate functional retina, mammals do not. In this …

Nanoparticle-based targeting of microglia improves the neural regeneration enhancing effects of immunosuppression in the zebrafish retina

K Emmerich, DT White, SP Kambhampati… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Retinal Müller glia function as injury-induced stem-like cells in zebrafish but not mammals.
However, insights gleaned from zebrafish have been applied to stimulate nascent …

Glycogen synthase kinase 3 signaling in neural regeneration in vivo

J Zhang, SG Yang, FQ Zhou - Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) signaling plays important and broad roles in
regulating neural development in vitro and in vivo. Here, we reviewed recent findings of …

VEGF mediates retinal Müller cell viability and neuroprotection through BDNF in diabetes

YZ Le, B Xu, AJ Chucair-Elliott, H Zhang, M Zhu - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
To investigate the mechanism of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and brain-
derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in Müller cell (MC) viability and neuroprotection in …

Therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells-derived extracellular vesicles' miRNAs on retinal regeneration: a review

A Rajool Dezfuly, A Safaee, H Salehi - Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2021 - Springer
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), which consist of microvesicles and exosomes, are secreted
from all cells to transform vital information in the form of lipids, proteins, mRNAs and small …

GSK3 is a central player in retinal degenerative diseases but a challenging therapeutic target

C Hottin, M Perron, JE Roger - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) is a key regulator of many cellular signaling processes
and performs a wide range of biological functions in the nervous system. Due to its central …

[HTML][HTML] New insight of Müller glial cells functions: focus on microRNAs-dependent manner

W Jiang, S He, L Liu, X Meng, J Lu, J Li… - British Journal of …, 2023 - bjo.bmj.com
MicroRNAs belong to the family of non-coding RNAs that participate in cell proliferation, cell
death and development. The Müller glial cells are the inherent and specific neuroglia cells in …

Far from home: the role of glial mRNA localization in synaptic plasticity

DS Gala, JS Titlow, RO Teodoro, I Davis - RNA, 2023 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Neurons and glia are highly polarized cells, whose distal cytoplasmic functional subdomains
require specific proteins. Neurons have axonal and dendritic cytoplasmic extensions …