Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium

JR Soucy, EA Aguzzi, J Cho, MJ Gilhooley… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucoma and other optic neuropathies results in
irreversible vision loss due to the mammalian central nervous system's limited regenerative …

Generating and using transcriptomically based retinal cell atlases

K Shekhar, JR Sanes - Annual Review of Vision Science, 2021 - annualreviews.org
It has been known for over a century that the basic organization of the retina is conserved
across vertebrates. It has been equally clear that retinal cells can be classified into …

Reprogramming Müller glia to regenerate ganglion-like cells in adult mouse retina with developmental transcription factors

L Todd, W Jenkins, C Finkbeiner, MJ Hooper… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Many neurodegenerative diseases cause degeneration of specific types of neurons. For
example, glaucoma leads to death of retinal ganglion cells, leaving other neurons intact …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell ATAC-seq of fetal human retina and stem-cell-derived retinal organoids shows changing chromatin landscapes during cell fate acquisition

C Finkbeiner, I Ortuño-Lizarán, A Sridhar, M Hooper… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
We previously used single-cell transcriptomic analysis to characterize human fetal retinal
development and assessed the degree to which retinal organoids recapitulate normal …

Repurposing nitric oxide donating drugs in cancer therapy through immune modulation

CY Li, G Anuraga, CP Chang, TY Weng… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Nitric oxide-releasing drugs are used for cardiovascular diseases; however,
their effects on the tumor immune microenvironment are less clear. Therefore, this study …

A controllable perfusion microfluidic chip for facilitating the development of retinal ganglion cells in human retinal organoids

J Gong, Y Gong, T Zou, Y Zeng, C Yang, L Mo, J Kang… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Retinal organoids (ROs) derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have become a
promising model in vitro to recapitulate human retinal development, which can be further …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-type specification in the retina: Recent discoveries from transcriptomic approaches

YR Peng - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the formation of the complex nervous system hinges on decoding the
mechanism that specifies a vast array of neuronal types, each endowed with a unique …

In vivo Regeneration of Ganglion Cells for Vision Restoration in Mammalian Retinas

D Xiao, K Jin, S Qiu, Q Lei, W Huang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glaucoma and other optic neuropathies affect millions of people worldwide, ultimately
causing progressive and irreversible degeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and …

Single-cell analyses reveal transient retinal progenitor cells in the ciliary margin of developing human retina

B Dorgau, J Collin, A Rozanska, D Zerti… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The emergence of retinal progenitor cells and differentiation to various retinal cell types
represent fundamental processes during retinal development. Herein, we provide a …

Atoh7-independent specification of retinal ganglion cell identity

J Brodie-Kommit, BS Clark, Q Shi, F Shiau, DW Kim… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) relay visual information from the eye to the brain. RGCs are
the first cell type generated during retinal neurogenesis. Loss of function of the transcription …