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ReviewThe FEBS journal2025

Evaluating the outcomes of pluripotent stem-cell-derived photoreceptor transplantation in retinal repair.

Darin Zerti, Birthe Dorgau, Evelyne Sernagor, Lyle Armstrong, Majlinda Lako, Gerrit Hilgen

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Darin ZertiDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0865-8088
Birthe DorgauBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Evelyne SernagorBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Lyle ArmstrongBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Majlinda LakoBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Gerrit HilgenBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5008-5493

Funding

European Research Council EP/Y031016/1Medical Research Council MR/X001687/1Retina UK GR 602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent decades, numerous research groups have focused on restoring visual function through the transplantation of stem cells into animal models of retinal neurodegeneration. Significant advancements in surgical techniques, the maturation of donor cells, and the production of cell suspensions, along with ensuring proper synaptic connectivity with the host environment, are key considerations for the potential implementation of this strategy in clinical practice. In this review, we summarize the latest progress in the transplantation of stem cell-derived photoreceptors, emphasizing the outcomes related to visual function observed in the used animal models. Additionally, we analyze the various methods of stem cell differentiation and the surgical techniques selected for transplanting these photoreceptor precursors. Finally, we report on functional assessments from recent studies to highlight the considerable potential of stem cell-derived photoreceptor transplants as a therapeutic approach for retinal degenerative diseases.

Indexed as

Photoreceptor Cells, VertebratePluripotent Stem CellsRetinaRetinal DegenerationStem Cell TransplantationAnimalsCell DifferentiationDisease Models, AnimalHumansphotoreceptorpluripotent stem cellretinal neurodegenerationtransplantation

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PMID40347492
PMCPMC12591571

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