Application of patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells and organoids in inherited retinal diseases

Y Liang, X Sun, C Duan, S Tang, J Chen - Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2023 - Springer
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) can induce severe sight-threatening retinal degeneration
and impose a considerable economic burden on patients and society, making efforts to cure …

The first genetic landscape of inherited retinal dystrophies in Portuguese patients identifies recurrent homozygous mutations as a frequent cause of pathogenesis

VG Peter, K Kaminska, C Santos, M Quinodoz… - PNAS …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a group of ocular conditions characterized by an
elevated genetic and clinical heterogeneity. They are transmitted almost invariantly as …

[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy for RAB28: What can we learn from zebrafish?

AL Moran, JD Fehilly, O Blacque, BN Kennedy - Vision Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The eye is particularly suited to gene therapy due to its accessibility, immunoprivileged state
and compartmentalised structure. Indeed, many clinical trials are underway for therapeutic …

Spectrum of variants associated with inherited retinal dystrophies in Northeast Mexico

RA Villafuerte-de la Cruz, LA Garza-Garza… - BMC …, 2024 - Springer
Background Inherited retinal dystrophies are hereditary diseases which have in common the
progressive degeneration of photoreceptors. They are a group of diseases with clinical …

CRB1-associated retinal dystrophy patients have expanded Lewis glycoantigen-positive T cells

L Moekotte, JJW Kuiper, S Hiddingh… - … & visual science, 2023 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Eye inflammation may occur in patients with inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs)
and is seen frequently in IRDs associated with mutations in the CRB1 gene. The purpose of …

Nationwide genetic analysis of more than 600 families with inherited eye diseases in Argentina

PG Schlottmann, JD Luna, N Labat… - NPJ Genomic …, 2023 - nature.com
This study corresponds to the first large-scale genetic analysis of inherited eye diseases
(IED) in Argentina and describes the comprehensive genetic profile of a large cohort of …

Dawn and dusk peaks of outer segment phagocytosis, and visual cycle function require Rab28

AL Moran, SP Carter, JJ Kaylor, Z Jiang… - The FASEB …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
RAB28 is a farnesylated, ciliary G‐protein. Patient variants in RAB28 are causative of
autosomal recessive cone‐rod dystrophy (CRD), an inherited human blindness. In rodent …

Detailed phenotype and long-term follow-up of RAB28-associated cone-rod dystrophy

NT Rao, A Sumaroka, AJ Santos… - Ophthalmic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To gain an insight into the pathophysiology of RAB28-associated inherited retinal
degeneration through detailed phenotyping and long-term longitudinal follow-up. Methods …

Identification of Pathogenic Copy Number Variants in Mexican Patients With Inherited Retinal Dystrophies Applying an Exome Sequencing Data‐Based Read‐Depth …

GE Fabian‐Morales… - … Genetics & Genomic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Background Retinal dystrophies (RDs) are the most common cause of inherited
blindness worldwide and are caused by genetic defects in about 300 different genes. While …

[HTML][HTML] Retinitis pigmentosa in the Puerto Rican population: a geographic distribution

DF Santos, LJM Thurin, JG Vargas… - Clinical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Previous studies have reported on retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in Puerto Rico.
Information on the geographic distribution of RP mutations in Puerto Rico may lead to higher …