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Kumiko Omura

Boston Children's Hospital

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An intercellular signaling pathway in the mouse retina connects Kv2.1, GLT-1, and nitric oxide synthase 1 to optic nerve regeneration

Hui-ya Gilbert, Yiqing Li, Kenya Yuki, Kumiko Omura, Melody Walter, Nicholas J. Hanovice, Yuqin Yin, Paul Lee Huang, Niels Christian Danbolt, Zhe Liu, Jiahui Tang, Qi Zhang, Elias Aizenman, Stephen J. Lippard, Larry I. Benowitz, Paul A. Rosenberg

This paper identifies a signaling pathway in the mouse retina involving Kv2.1, GLT-1, and NOS1 that promotes optic nerve regeneration after injury.

bioRxiv · May 7, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Combined inhibition of apoptosis and necrosis promotes transient neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells and partial axon regeneration after optic nerve damage

Maki Kayama, Kumiko Omura, Yusuke Murakami, Edith R. Reshef, Aristomenis Thanos, Yuki Morizane, Andrea Giani, Toru Nakazawa, Joan W. Miller, Larry I. Benowitz, Demetrios G. Vavvas

This study shows that combining inhibition of apoptosis and necrosis can transiently protect retinal ganglion cells and promote partial axon regeneration after optic nerve damage.

bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2018 · PreprintNeuroscience