[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell treatment of degenerative eye disease

B Mead, M Berry, A Logan, RAH Scott, W Leadbeater… - Stem cell …, 2015 - Elsevier
Stem cell therapies are being explored extensively as treatments for degenerative eye
disease, either for replacing lost neurons, restoring neural circuits or, based on more recent …

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 …

Recapitulation of human retinal development from human pluripotent stem cells generates transplantable populations of cone photoreceptors

A Gonzalez-Cordero, K Kruczek, A Naeem… - Stem cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Transplantation of rod photoreceptors, derived either from neonatal retinae or pluripotent
stem cells (PSCs), can restore rod-mediated visual function in murine models of inherited …

Restoration of vision after transplantation of photoreceptors

RA Pearson, AC Barber, M Rizzi, C Hippert, T Xue… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Cell transplantation is a potential strategy for treating blindness caused by the loss of
photoreceptors. Although transplanted rod-precursor cells are able to migrate into the adult …

Photoreceptor precursors derived from three-dimensional embryonic stem cell cultures integrate and mature within adult degenerate retina

A Gonzalez-Cordero, EL West, RA Pearson… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Irreversible blindness caused by loss of photoreceptors may be amenable to cell therapy.
We previously demonstrated retinal repair and restoration of vision through transplantation …

Regenerative therapies for central nervous system diseases: a biomaterials approach

RY Tam, T Fuehrmann, N Mitrousis… - …, 2014 - nature.com
The central nervous system (CNS) has a limited capacity to spontaneously regenerate
following traumatic injury or disease, requiring innovative strategies to promote tissue and …

In vitro differentiation of retinal cells from human pluripotent stem cells by small-molecule induction

F Osakada, ZB Jin, Y Hirami, H Ikeda… - Journal of cell …, 2009 - journals.biologists.com
The use of stem-cell therapy to treat retinal degeneration holds great promise. However,
definitive methods of retinal differentiation that do not depend on recombinant proteins …

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 …

Repair of the degenerate retina by photoreceptor transplantation

AC Barber, C Hippert, Y Duran… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Despite different aetiologies, age-related macular degeneration and most inherited retinal
disorders culminate in the same final common pathway, the loss of photoreceptors. There …