HBEGF-TNF induce a complex outer retinal pathology with photoreceptor cell extrusion in human organoids

oleh: Manuela Völkner, Felix Wagner, Lisa Maria Steinheuer, Madalena Carido, Thomas Kurth, Ali Yazbeck, Jana Schor, Stephanie Wieneke, Lynn J. A. Ebner, Claudia Del Toro Runzer, David Taborsky, Katja Zoschke, Marlen Vogt, Sebastian Canzler, Andreas Hermann, Shahryar Khattak, Jörg Hackermüller, Mike O. Karl

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01

Deskripsi

Complex neuropathologies, like macular degeneration, are common but incompletely understood. Here the authors report a complex human retina pathology organoid model induced by HBEGF-TNF, causing PIEZO1-mediated photoreceptor degeneration by cell extrusion.