Addressing neurodegeneration in glaucoma: Mechanisms, challenges, and treatments

GOB Ghanem, LK Wareham, DJ Calkins - Progress in Retinal and Eye …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness globally. The disease causes vision
loss due to neurodegeneration of the retinal ganglion cell (RGC) projection to the brain …

Insulin restores retinal ganglion cell functional connectivity and promotes visual recovery in glaucoma

S El Hajji, Y Shiga, N Belforte, YC Solorio, O Tastet… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Dendrite pathology and synaptic loss result in neural circuit dysfunction, a common feature
of neurodegenerative diseases. There is a lack of strategies that target dendritic and …

The healthy and diseased retina seen through neuron–glia interactions

MH Tempone, VP Borges-Martins, F César… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The retina is the sensory tissue responsible for the first stages of visual processing, with a
conserved anatomy and functional architecture among vertebrates. To date, retinal eye …

Perivascular neurons instruct 3D vascular lattice formation via neurovascular contact

K Toma, M Zhao, S Zhang, F Wang, HK Graham, J Zou… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The vasculature of the central nervous system is a 3D lattice composed of laminar vascular
beds interconnected by penetrating vessels. The mechanisms controlling 3D lattice network …

Augmenting fibronectin levels in injured adult CNS promotes axon regeneration in vivo

A Lukomska, BA Rheaume, MP Frost, WC Theune… - Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
In an attempt to repair injured central nervous system (CNS) nerves/tracts, immune cells are
recruited into the injury site, but endogenous response in adult mammals is insufficient for …

Stimulating the regenerative capacity of the human retina with proneural transcription factors in 3D cultures

J Wohlschlegel, F Kierney, KL Arakelian… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
Retinal diseases often lead to degeneration of specific retinal cell types with currently limited
therapeutic options to replace the lost neurons. Previous studies have reported that …

Manipulating Myc for reparative regeneration

C Ascanelli, R Dahir, CH Wilson - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Myc family of proto-oncogenes is a key node for the signal transduction of external pro-
proliferative signals to the cellular processes required for development, tissue homoeostasis …

Genes as drugs for glaucoma: latest advances

T Borrás, M Stepankoff, J Danias - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
While preclinical efforts continue in several laboratories, an increasing number of start-up
and large pharmaceutical companies are working on develo** gene therapeutics for …

Retinal ganglion cell circuits and glial interactions in humans and mice

KC Huang, M Tawfik, MA Samuel - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the brain's gateway for vision, and their degeneration
underlies several blinding diseases. RGCs interact with other neuronal cell types, microglia …

Artificial intelligence-based spatio-temporal vision sensors: applications and prospects

Z Li, H Sun - Frontiers in Materials, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Advances in machine vision and mobile electronics will be accelerated by the
creation of sophisticated optoelectronic vision sensors that allow for sophisticated picture …