Donor and host photoreceptors engage in material transfer following transplantation of post-mitotic photoreceptor precursors

Donor and host photoreceptors engage in material transfer following transplantation of post-mitotic photoreceptor precursors

Transplantation of healthy photoreceptor cells has been shown to rescue blindness. Here, the authors show that rather than donor cells integrating into the host retina, the predominant mechanism underlying this rescue involves exchange of cytoplasmic material between donor and host cells in vivo.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: R. A. Pearson, A. Gonzalez-Cordero, E. L. West, J. R. Ribeiro, N. Aghaizu, D. Goh, R. D. Sampson, A. Georgiadis, P. V. Waldron, Y. Duran, A. Naeem, M. Kloc, E. Cristante, K. Kruczek, K. Warre-Cornish, J. C. Sowden, A. J. Smith, R. R. Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13029

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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13029

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