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Right timing for retina repair

机译:视网膜修复的正确时机

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Transplants of photoreceptor cells offer hope for treating retinal disease. But getting the cells to make the right connections with the brain has been problematic. It seems the developmental stage of the cells may be the key. Each year many people lose their sight through disease of the retina. Millions are affected by macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa alone. In these diseases, the cone and rod photoreceptors — the cells that convert light into neural signals — degenerate. And once these cells are lost, they are not replaced in the mammalian retina. Treatments are being developed that may delay or prevent the loss of retinal neurons in these disorders. But for those who have already lost their sight, the possibility of retinal transplantation may be the best prospect for the restoration of vision through cell-replacement therapy. Despite many attempts, such transplants have yet to produce better vision in mammals because the transplanted cells do not wire up to the brain properly. In this issue, MacLaren et al. (page 203) show in mice that the trick may be to use cells at a particular stage in their development.
机译:感光细胞的移植为治疗视网膜疾病提供了希望。但是,让细胞与大脑建立正确的连接一直是个问题。看来细胞的发育阶段可能是关键。每年,许多人会因视网膜疾病而失去视力。数以百万计的人受黄斑变性和色素性视网膜炎的影响。在这些疾病中,视锥和视杆感光器(将光转换为神经信号的细胞)会退化。一旦这些细胞丢失,它们就不会在哺乳动物的视网膜中被替换。正在开发可以延迟或预防这些疾病中视网膜神经元丧失的治疗方法。但是对于那些已经失去视力的人来说,视网膜移植的可能性可能是通过细胞置换疗法恢复视力的最佳前景。尽管进行了许多尝试,但这种移植尚未在哺乳动物中产生更好的视力,因为移植的细胞无法正确地与大脑连接。在本期中,MacLaren等人。 (第203页)显示了小鼠的诀窍可能是在其发育的特定阶段使用细胞。

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    《Nature》 |2006年第7116期|p.156-157|共2页
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    Thomas A. Reh;

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  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);美国《工程索引》(EI);美国《生物学医学文摘》(MEDLINE);美国《化学文摘》(CA);
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  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 自然科学总论;
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