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ArticleNature communications2022

Light-induced charge generation in polymeric nanoparticles restores vision in advanced-stage retinitis pigmentosa rats.

S Francia, D Shmal, S Di Marco, G Chiaravalli, J F Maya-Vetencourt, G Mantero, C Michetti, S Cupini, G Manfredi, M L DiFrancesco and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

S Francia *Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8091-1266
D Shmal *Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-6364
S Di Marco *Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-6270
G ChiaravalliCenter for Nanoscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy.
J F Maya-VetencourtCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3808-8944
G ManteroCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-1400
C MichettiCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-6985
S CupiniCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4090-5739
G ManfrediCenter for Nanoscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy.
M L DiFrancescoCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7511-4438
A RocchiCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1334-9063
S PerottoCenter for Nanoscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-7455
M AttanasioDepartment of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Sacrocuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
R SaccoDepartment of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
S BistiCenter for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
M MeteDepartment of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Sacrocuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
G PertileDepartment of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Sacrocuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-0549
G LanzaniCenter for Nanoscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy. guglielmo.lanzani@iit.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2442-4495
E Colombo *Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7998-9397
F Benfenati *Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy. fabio.benfenati@iit.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0653-8368
Italian Institute of Technology · ITOspedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · ITPolitecnico di Milano · ITUniversity of Pisa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal dystrophies such as Retinitis pigmentosa are among the most prevalent causes of inherited legal blindness, for which treatments are in demand. Retinal prostheses have been developed to stimulate the inner retinal network that, initially spared by degeneration, deteriorates in the late stages of the disease. We recently reported that conjugated polymer nanoparticles persistently rescue visual activities after a single subretinal injection in the Royal College of Surgeons rat model of Retinitis pigmentosa. Here we demonstrate that conjugated polymer nanoparticles can reinstate physiological signals at the cortical level and visually driven activities when microinjected in 10-months-old Royal College of Surgeons rats bearing fully light-insensitive retinas. The extent of visual restoration positively correlates with the nanoparticle density and hybrid contacts with second-order retinal neurons. The results establish the functional role of organic photovoltaic nanoparticles in restoring visual activities in fully degenerate retinas with intense inner retina rewiring, a stage of the disease in which patients are subjected to prosthetic interventions.

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NanoparticlesRetinitis PigmentosaVisual ProsthesisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansPolymersRatsPolymers

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PMID35760799
PMCPMC9237035
OpenAlexW4283713510

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