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 …

Retinoic acid signaling in development and differentiation commitment and its regulatory topology

D Wu, FA Khan, K Zhang, NS Pandupuspitasari… - Chemico-Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Retinoic acid (RA), the derivative of vitamin A/retinol, is a signaling molecule with important
implications in health and disease. It is a well-known developmental morphogen that …

Revival of light signalling in the postmortem mouse and human retina

F Abbas, S Becker, BW Jones, LS Mure, S Panda… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Death is defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory, respiratory or brain activity.
Many peripheral human organs can be transplanted from deceased donors using protocols …

Optogenetic therapy: high spatiotemporal resolution and pattern discrimination compatible with vision restoration in non-human primates

G Gauvain, H Akolkar, A Chaffiol, F Arcizet… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Vision restoration is an ideal medical application for optogenetics, because the eye provides
direct optical access to the retina for stimulation. Optogenetic therapy could be used for …

Homeostatic plasticity in the retina is associated with maintenance of night vision during retinal degenerative disease

H Leinonen, NC Pham, T Boyd, J Santoso… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Neuronal plasticity of the inner retina has been observed in response to photoreceptor
degeneration. Typically, this phenomenon has been considered maladaptive and may …

Retinoic acid inhibitors mitigate vision loss in a mouse model of retinal degeneration

M Telias, KK Sit, D Frozenfar, B Smith, A Misra… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Rod and cone photoreceptors degenerate in retinitis pigmentosa (RP). While downstream
neurons survive, they undergo physiological changes, including accelerated spontaneous …

Artificial intelligence techniques for retinal prostheses: A comprehensive review and future direction

C Wang, C Fang, Y Zou, J Yang… - Journal of Neural …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Retinal prostheses are promising devices to restore vision for patients with severe
age-related macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa disease. The visual processing …

[HTML][HTML] High-density optical coherence tomography analysis provides insights into early/intermediate age-related macular degeneration retinal layer changes

M Trinh, M Kalloniatis, D Alonso-Caneiro… - … & Visual Science, 2022 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To topographically map all of the thickness differences in individual retinal layers
between early/intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD early/AMD int) and …

Immunological consequences of compromised ocular immune privilege accelerate retinal degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa

KV Mohan, A Mishra, A Muniyasamy, P Sinha… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a hereditary retinal disease which leads to visual
impairment. The onset and progression of RP has physiological consequences that affects …

Molecular basis of retinal remodeling in a zebrafish model of retinitis pigmentosa

A Santhanam, E Shihabeddin, H Wei, J Wu… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
A hallmark of inherited retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is
progressive structural and functional remodeling of the remaining retinal cells as …