Transplantation of photoreceptor and total neural retina preserves cone function in P23H rhodopsin transgenic rat.

BACKGROUND: Transplantation as a therapeutic strategy for inherited retinal degeneration has been historically viewed to restore vision as a method by replacing the lost retinal cells and attempting to reconstruct the neural circuitry with stem cells, progenitor cells and mature neural retinal cells...

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Main Authors: Ying Yang, Saddek Mohand-Said, Thierry Léveillard, Valérie Fontaine, Manuel Simonutti, José-Alain Sahel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2957406?pdf=render