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Photoreceptor-derived FGF2 mediates a protective stress response without driving pathological retinal neovascularization in ischemic retinopathy
Zhifei Wu, Lulu Peng, Jiechun Wu…·Wei DU
This study identifies rod photoreceptors as a source of FGF2 during ischemic retinopathy, showing it promotes photoreceptor survival without driving pathological neovascularization.