Cellular responses following retinal injuries and therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative diseases

N Cuenca, L Fernández-Sánchez, L Campello… - Progress in retinal and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Retinal neurodegenerative diseases like age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma,
diabetic retinopathy and retinitis pigmentosa each have a different etiology and …

[HTML][HTML] Retinal remodeling in human retinitis pigmentosa

BW Jones, RL Pfeiffer, WD Ferrell, CB Watt… - Experimental eye …, 2016 - Elsevier
Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) in the human is a progressive, currently irreversible neural
degenerative disease usually caused by gene defects that disrupt the function or …

Donor and host photoreceptors engage in material transfer following transplantation of post-mitotic photoreceptor precursors

RA Pearson, A Gonzalez-Cordero, EL West… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Photoreceptor replacement by transplantation is proposed as a treatment for blindness.
Transplantation of healthy photoreceptor precursor cells into diseased murine eyes leads to …

Transplantation of embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived 3D retinal sheets into retinal degenerative mice

J Assawachananont, M Mandai, S Okamoto, C Yamada… - Stem cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
In this article, we show that mouse embryonic stem cell-or induced pluripotent stem cell-
derived 3D retinal tissue developed a structured outer nuclear layer (ONL) with complete …

Biology and therapy of inherited retinal degenerative disease: insights from mouse models

S Veleri, CH Lazar, B Chang… - Disease models & …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Retinal neurodegeneration associated with the dysfunction or death of photoreceptors is a
major cause of incurable vision loss. Tremendous progress has been made over the last two …

[HTML][HTML] Transplantation of photoreceptors into the degenerative retina: Current state and future perspectives

SJ Gasparini, S Llonch, O Borsch, M Ader - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2019 - Elsevier
The mammalian retina displays no intrinsic regenerative capacities, therefore retinal
degenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or retinitis …

Immune modulation by MANF promotes tissue repair and regenerative success in the retina

J Neves, J Zhu, P Sousa-Victor, M Konjikusic, R Riley… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Regenerative therapies based on cell replacement hold promise for the
treatment of a range of age-related degenerative diseases but are limited by unfavorable …

A hyaluronan-based injectable hydrogel improves the survival and integration of stem cell progeny following transplantation

BG Ballios, MJ Cooke, L Donaldson, BLK Coles… - Stem cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
The utility of stem cells and their progeny in adult transplantation models has been limited by
poor survival and integration. We designed an injectable and bioresorbable hydrogel blend …

Bioengineering strategies for restoring vision

J Cehajic-Kapetanovic, MS Singh, E Zrenner… - Nature biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Late-stage retinal degenerative disease involving photoreceptor loss can be treated by
optogenetic therapy, cell transplantation and retinal prostheses. These approaches aim to …

Reversal of end-stage retinal degeneration and restoration of visual function by photoreceptor transplantation

MS Singh, P Charbel Issa, R Butler… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
One strategy to restore vision in retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration
is cell replacement. Typically, patients lose vision when the outer retinal photoreceptor layer …