Transplanted human photoreceptors differentially survive, incorporate, and mature in mildly and severely degenerated mouse retinae
Maria Pavlou, Karen Tessmer, Juliane Hammer, Thomas Kurth, Aikaterini Makri, Celine Palitza, Berta Coll-San Martín, Fabian Rost, Marius Ader
This study shows that transplanted human photoreceptors integrate and mature better in mildly degenerated retinas than severely degenerated ones, depending on the retinal microenvironment.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience