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Rahul Viswanath

Duke University

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Pharmacological Depletion of Retinal Mononuclear Phagocytes is Neuroprotective in a Mouse Model of Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy

Avital Lily Okrent Smolar, Rahul Viswanath, Howard M. Bomze, Hao Ying, Sandra S. Stinnett, Sidney M. Gospe

This study shows that pharmacological depletion of retinal mononuclear phagocytes with pexidartinib, combined with hypoxia, completely protects retinal ganglion cells in a mouse model of mitochondrial optic neuropathy.

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · Feb 2, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience