Mar 15, 2024

Transplanted human photoreceptors transfer cytoplasmic material but not to the recipient mouse retina

Stem cell research & therapy
Margaret T Ho, Kotoe Kawai, Dhana Abdo, Lacrimioara Comanita, Arturo Ortin-Martinez, Yui Ueno, Emily Tsao, Azam Rastgar-Moghadam, Chang Xue, Hong Cui, Valerie A Wallace, Molly S Shoichet
CONCLUSIONS: While xenograft models are not a tractable system to study material transfer of human photoreceptors, these findings demonstrate that human retinal organoid-derived photoreceptors are competent donors for material transfer and thus may be useful to treat retinal degenerative disease.