Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: A prospective, phase I, nonrandomized, open-label study was conducted on 3 eyes of 3 volunteers with advanced RP. Visual acuity, slit-lamp examination, fundus examination, optical coherence tomography, fundus auto-fluorescence, fluorescein angiography and multifocal electroretinography were performed before and after an intravitreal injection of approximately one-million MSCs. The patients were followed for one year. Further evaluation of MSCs was performed by injection of these cells into the mouse vitreous cavity. RESULTS: No, adverse events were observed in eyes of 2 out of 3 patients after transplantation of MSCs. These patients reported improvements in perception of the light after two weeks, which lasted for 3 months. However, severe fibrous tissue proliferation was observed in the vitreous cavity and retrolental space of the third patient's eye, which led to tractional retinal detachment (TRD), iris neovascularization and formation of mature cataract. Injection of this patient's MSCs into the vitreous cavity of mice also resulted in fibrosis; however, intravitreal injections of the two other patients' cells into the mouse vitreous did not generate any fibrous tissue. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Leila Satarian, Ramin Nourinia, Sare Safi, Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Neda Jarughi, Narsis Daftarian, Leila Arab, Nasser Aghdami, Hamid Ahmadieh, Hossein Baharvand |
Journal | Journal of ophthalmic & vision research
(J Ophthalmic Vis Res)
2017 Jan-Mar
Vol. 12
Issue 1
Pg. 58-64
ISSN: 2008-2010 [Print] United Arab Emirates |
PMID | 28299008
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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