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ArticleStem cell reports2025

Graft-derived horizontal cells contribute to host-graft synapses in degenerated retinas after retinal organoid transplantation.

Mikiya Watanabe, Takayuki Yamada, Hung-Ya Tu, Taro Chaya, Satoko Okayama, Kenta Onoue, Shigenobu Yonemura, Chieko Koike, Masao Tachibana, Takahisa Furukawa and 1 more

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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11 authors.

Mikiya WatanabeGraduate School of Pharmacy, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Siga 525-8577, Japan; Cell and Gene Therapy in Ophthalmology Laboratory, BZP, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; Research Center, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
Takayuki YamadaCell and Gene Therapy in Ophthalmology Laboratory, BZP, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
Hung-Ya TuLaboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan; Laboratory for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Taro ChayaLaboratory for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Satoko OkayamaLaboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
Kenta OnoueLaboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
Shigenobu YonemuraLaboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan; Department of Cell Biology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
Chieko KoikeCenter for Systems Vision Science, Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan; Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO), Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Siga 525-8577, Japan; College of Pharmaceutical Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Siga 525-8577, Japan.
Masao TachibanaCenter for Systems Vision Science, Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
Takahisa FurukawaLaboratory for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Michiko MandaiResearch Center, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan; Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan; Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan. Electronic address: e_lab.mandai@kcho.jp.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell-derived retinal organoid (RO) transplantation is a promising approach for treating retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. Photoreceptors (PRs) in RO sheets form synaptic connections with host bipolar cells (BCs) and improve visual function in animal models of advanced retinal degeneration. However, the contribution of horizontal cells (HCs), which are critical for PR synapse formation in the developing retina, to host-graft synapse formation remains unclear. In this study, we used HC-depleted retinal degeneration mice (rd1) and Islet1

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OrganoidsRetinaRetinal DegenerationRetinal Horizontal CellsSynapsesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRetinal Bipolar CellsES cellshorizontal cellsmultielectrode arraysretinal degenerationretinal organoidtransplantationtriad ribbon synapsevisual function

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