Retinal organoids: a window into human retinal development

M O'Hara-Wright, A Gonzalez-Cordero - Development, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Retinal development and maturation are orchestrated by a series of interacting signalling
networks that drive the morphogenetic transformation of the anterior develo** brain …

[HTML][HTML] Stemming retinal regeneration with pluripotent stem cells

ZB **, ML Gao, WL Deng, KC Wu, S Sugita… - Progress in retinal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cell replacement therapy is a promising treatment for irreversible retinal cell death in diverse
diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Stargardt's disease, retinitis …

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 …

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 …

[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 …

COCO enhances the efficiency of photoreceptor precursor differentiation in early human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal organoids

D Pan, XX **a, H Zhou, SQ **, YY Lu, H Liu… - Stem cell research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Significant progress has been made in cell replacement therapy for neural
retinal diseases using retinal cells differentiated from human pluripotent stem cells. Low …

Stem and progenitor cell-based therapy of the central nervous system: hopes, hype, and wishful thinking

SA Goldman - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
A variety of neurological disorders are attractive targets for stem and progenitor cell-based
therapy. Yet many conditions are not, whether by virtue of an inhospitable disease …

Repair of the degenerate retina by photoreceptor transplantation

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

Prospects for the application of Müller glia and their derivatives in retinal regenerative therapies

K Eastlake, WDB Lamb, J Luis, PT Khaw… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Neural cell death is the main feature of all retinal degenerative disorders that lead to
blindness. Despite therapeutic advances, progression of retinal disease cannot always be …