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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2025

Global Treatment Approaches Part 1: Neuroprotection and Stem Cell Therapy.

Gareth D Mercer, Brian G Ballios, Peter J Kertes

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gareth D MercerDepartment of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Brian G BalliosDepartment of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Peter J KertesDepartment of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. peter.kertes@sunnybrook.ca.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global treatment approaches, also called gene-agnostic therapies, are those that address pathophysiologic responses common to retinal degenerations, i.e., photoreceptor and RPE metabolic stress, dysfunction and, ultimately, cell death. Global treatment strategies may be classified as those that aim to maintain or replace dysfunctional photoreceptors and/or RPE (e.g., neuroprotective agents and stem cell therapies) or those that circumvent the dysfunctional photoreceptors entirely (e.g., bioelectronic retinal implants and optogenetics). The research and development costs of each gene-specific therapy are high relative to the number of individuals who can benefit from it. Gene agnostic treatments have the potential to benefit a significantly larger number of patients, including those for whom the genetic cause of their disease cannot be identified.

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Genetic TherapyNeuroprotectionNeuroprotective AgentsRetinal DegenerationStem Cell TransplantationAnimalsHumansOptogeneticsNeuroprotective Agents

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PMID40736863

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