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 …

Potential therapeutic strategies for photoreceptor degeneration: the path to restore vision

F Karamali, S Behtaj, S Babaei-Abraki… - Journal of translational …, 2022 - Springer
Photoreceptors (PRs), as the most abundant and light-sensing cells of the neuroretina, are
responsible for converting light into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain. PR …

[HTML][HTML] Retinal ganglion cell death as a late remodeling effect of photoreceptor degeneration

D García-Ayuso, J Di Pierdomenico… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Inherited or acquired photoreceptor degenerations, one of the leading causes of irreversible
blindness in the world, are a group of retinal disorders that initially affect rods and cones …

Targeting neurovascular interaction in retinal disorders

Z Fu, Y Sun, B Cakir, Y Tomita, S Huang… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The tightly structured neural retina has a unique vascular network comprised of three
interconnected plexuses in the inner retina (and choroid for outer retina), which provide …

[HTML][HTML] The timecourses of functional, morphological, and molecular changes triggered by light exposure in Sprague–Dawley rat retinas

S Riccitelli, M Di Paolo, J Ashley, S Bisti, S Di Marco - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Retinal neurodegeneration can impair visual perception at different levels, involving not only
photoreceptors, which are the most metabolically active cells, but also the inner retina …

Optimal voltage stimulation parameters for network-mediated responses in wild type and rd10 mouse retinal ganglion cells

A Jalligampala, S Sekhar, E Zrenner… - Journal of neural …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
To further improve the quality of visual percepts elicited by microelectronic retinal
prosthetics, substantial efforts have been made to understand how retinal neurons respond …

Cell type-specific changes in retinal ganglion cell function induced by rod death and cone reorganization in rats

WQ Yu, NM Grzywacz, EJ Lee… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
We have determined the impact of rod death and cone reorganization on the spatiotemporal
receptive fields (RFs) and spontaneous activity of distinct retinal ganglion cell (RGC) types …

Structural analysis of retinal photoreceptor ellipsoid zone and postreceptor retinal layer associated with visual acuity in patients with retinitis pigmentosa by ganglion …

G Liu, H Li, X Liu, D Xu, F Wang - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to examine changes in photoreceptor ellipsoid zone (EZ) and
postreceptor retinal layer in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients by ganglion cell analysis …

Retinal glial remodeling by FGF21 preserves retinal function during photoreceptor degeneration

Z Fu, C Qiu, G Cagnone, Y Tomita, S Huang, B Cakir… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
The group of retinal degenerations, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), comprises more than 150
genetic abnormalities affecting photoreceptors. Finding degenerative pathways common to …

Longitudinal study of RPE65-associated inherited retinal degenerations

LHM Pierrache, B Ghafaryasl, MI Khan, S Yzer… - Retina, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To study the disease course of RPE65-associated inherited retinal degenerations
(IRDs) as a function of the genotype, define a critical age for blindness, and identify potential …