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ArticleeLife2021

AAV-Txnip prolongs cone survival and vision in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa.

Yunlu Xue, Sean K Wang, Parimal Rana, Emma R West, Christin M Hong, Helian Feng, David M Wu, Constance L Cepko

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Gene Therapies for Retinitis Pigmentosa that Target Glucose Metabolism.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2024
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  14. Cell-cell interaction in the pathogenesis of inherited retinal diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  18. Chromophore supply modulates cone function and survival in retinitis pigmentosa mouse models.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yunlu XueDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2088-9826
Sean K WangDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Parimal RanaDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Emma R WestDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Christin M HongDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Helian FengDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States.
David M WuDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Constance L CepkoDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9945-6387
Boston University · USHarvard University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Accelerating vision restoration with in-vivo cellular imaging of retinal functionU01EY025497 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI WILLIAMS, DAVID R · 2015 to 2019
$4.1M
Investigation of the Mechanisms of Cone Degeneration in Retinitis PigmentosaK99EY030951 · NEI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI XUE, YUNLU · 2020 to 2022
$242k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNEI NIH HHS K99 EY030951NEI NIH HHS U01 EY025497
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited retinal disease affecting >20 million people worldwide. Loss of daylight vision typically occurs due to the dysfunction/loss of cone photoreceptors, the cell type that initiates our color and high-acuity vision. Currently, there is no effective treatment for RP, other than gene therapy for a limited number of specific disease genes. To develop a disease gene-agnostic therapy, we screened 20 genes for their ability to prolong cone photoreceptor survival in vivo. Here, we report an adeno-associated virus vector expressing Txnip, which prolongs the survival of cone photoreceptors and improves visual acuity in RP mouse models. A

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AnimalsCarrier ProteinsColor VisionDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalMiceMicroorganisms, Genetically-ModifiedRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsRetinitis PigmentosaThioredoxinsCarrier ProteinsThioredoxinsTxnip protein, mousecone photoreceptorgene therapymedicinemitochondriamouseneurodegenerationneuroscienceretinaretinal metabolism

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PMID33847261
PMCPMC8081528
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