ReviewCell death & disease2020
Stem/progenitor cell-based transplantation for retinal degeneration: a review of clinical trials.
Review in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.
- Stem cell therapy for inherited retinal diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Stem cell research & therapy · 2023Pooled it
- Restorative and regenerative therapies for vision loss.Eye (London, England) · 2026Review
- Development and Characterization of a Structurally Supportive of Hybrid PLGA Decellularized ECM Biomembrane for Ocular Progenitor Cell Anchorage and Epithelial Repair.Macromolecular bioscience · 2026Article
- Platelet membrane-fusing MSC-derived apoptotic extracellular vesicles enhanced cardiac repair after ischemia/reperfusion injury.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026Article
- Update on the Management of ABCA4 Retinopathy (Stargardt Disease).Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Review
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- Stem cell-based therapies for inherited retinal diseases - Translational advances and clinical evidence: A review.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2026Review
- Organoid-derived photoreceptor precursors enriched by CD9⁻CD81Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Decoding retinitis pigmentosa: molecular targets and therapy with focus on pre-mRNA splicing.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025Review
- Three-dimensional tissue engineering and organoid technologies for retinal regeneration and therapy.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2025Review
- Dynamic molecular and cellular characteristics of VSX2-positive retinal progenitor cells in human retinal organoids.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Applications of Modern Cell Therapies: The Latest Data in Ophthalmology.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Modeling neurodegeneration in the retina and strategies for developing pan-neurodegenerative therapies.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2025Review
- Recent advances in engineered exosome-based therapies for ocular vascular disease.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Review
- Retinitis Pigmentosa: From Genetic Insights to Innovative Therapeutic Approaches-A Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Advances in Drug Delivery Integrated with Regenerative Medicine: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Frontiers.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells from perinatal sources: biological facts, molecular biomarkers, and therapeutic promises.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Review
- Human Retinal Progenitor Cell (hRPC) Migration in Three-Dimensional (3D) Environments of Varying Stiffness and Composition.Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2025Article
- Conditional Immortalization Using SV40 Large T Antigen and Its Effects on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation Toward Retinal Progenitor Cells.Stem cells and development · 2025Article
- Recent Progress in Photoreceptor Cell-Based Therapy for Degenerative Retinal Disease.Stem cells translational medicine · 2024Review
6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Retinal degeneration (RD) is one of the dominant causes of irreversible vision impairment and blindness worldwide. However, the current effective therapeutics for RD in the ophthalmologic clinic are unclear and controversial. In recent years, extensively investigated stem/progenitor cells-including retinal progenitor cells (RPCs), embryonic stem cells (ESCs), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs)-with proliferation and multidirectional differentiation potential have presented opportunities to revolutionise the ultimate clinical management of RD. Herein, we provide a comprehensive overview on the progression of clinical trials for RD treatment using four types of stem/progenitor cell-based transplantation to replace degenerative retinal cells and/or to supplement trophic factors from the aspects of safety, effectiveness and their respective advantages and disadvantages. In addition, we also discuss the emerging role of stem cells in the secretion of multifunctional nanoscale exosomes by which stem cells could be further exploited as a potential RD therapy. This review will facilitate the understanding of scientists and clinicians of the enormous promise of stem/progenitor cell-based transplantation for RD treatment, and provide incentive for superior employment of such strategies that may be suitable for treatment of other diseases, such as stroke and ischaemia-reperfusion injury.
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