[HTML][HTML] Retinal stem cell transplantation: Balancing safety and potential

MS Singh, SS Park, TA Albini, MV Canto-Soler… - Progress in retinal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Stem cell transplantation holds great promise as a potential treatment for currently incurable
retinal degenerative diseases that cause poor vision and blindness. Recently, safety data …

Engineered organoids for biomedical applications

NR de Barros, C Wang, S Maity, A Peirsman… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
As miniaturized and simplified stem cell-derived 3D organ-like structures, organoids are
rapidly emerging as powerful tools for biomedical applications. With their potential for …

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 …

Retinal organoids from pluripotent stem cells efficiently recapitulate retinogenesis

M Völkner, M Zschätzsch, M Rostovskaya, RW Overall… - Stem cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The plasticity of pluripotent stem cells provides new possibilities for studying development,
degeneration, and regeneration. Protocols for the differentiation of retinal organoids from …

Regenerating eye tissues to preserve and restore vision

JH Stern, Y Tian, J Funderburgh, G Pellegrini, K Zhang… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Ocular regenerative therapies are on track to revolutionize treatment of numerous blinding
disorders, including corneal disease, cataract, glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa, and age …

Accelerated and improved differentiation of retinal organoids from pluripotent stem cells in rotating-wall vessel bioreactors

T DiStefano, HY Chen, C Panebianco, KD Kaya… - Stem cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into 3D retinal organoids, with major cell types
self-patterning into a polarized, laminated architecture. In static cultures, organoid …

[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 …

Characterization and transplantation of CD73-positive photoreceptors isolated from human iPSC-derived retinal organoids

G Gagliardi, KB M'Barek, A Chaffiol… - Stem Cell Reports, 2018 - cell.com
Photoreceptor degenerative diseases are a major cause of blindness for which cell
replacement is one of the most encouraging strategies. For stem cell-based therapy using …

Photoreceptor cell replacement in macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa: a pluripotent stem cell-based approach

G Gagliardi, KB M'Barek, O Goureau - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2019 - Elsevier
The human retina fails to regenerate and cell-based therapies offer options for treatment of
blinding retinal diseases, such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The last …

Function of human pluripotent stem cell-derived photoreceptor progenitors in blind mice

AO Barnea-Cramer, W Wang, SJ Lu, MS Singh… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Photoreceptor degeneration due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a primary cause of inherited
retinal blindness. Photoreceptor cell-replacement may hold the potential for repair in a …