Scientific Papers

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  1. Sanjurjo-Soriano, C., Erkilic, N., Damodar, K. Hassan Boukhaddaoui, H., Diakatou, M., Garita-Hernandez, M., Mamaeva, D., Dubois, G., Jazouli, Z., Jimenez-Medina, C., Goureau, O., Meunier I., Kalatzis, V. Retinoic acid delays initial photoreceptor differentiation and results in a highly structured mature retinal organoid. Stem Cell Res Ther 13, 478 (2022). doi:10.1186/s13287-022-03146-x
  2. Garita-Hernandez, M., Chaffiol, A., Guibbal, L., Routet, F., Khabou, H., Toualbi, L., Riancho L., J., Sahel, J.-A., Duebel, Goureau, O., Dalkara, D. Control of microbial opsin expression in stem cell derived cones for improved outcomes in cell therapy. Frontiers in Cellular Neurosciences (2021) # Corresponding Author
  3. Garita-Hernandez, M., Routet, F., Guibbal, L., Khabou, H., Toualbi, L., Riancho L., Reichman, S., Duebel, J., Sahel, J.-A., Goureau, O., Dalkara, D. AAV-mediated gene delivery to 3D retinal organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2020) 21(3):994 doi:10.3390/ijms21030994
  4. Garita-Hernandez, M*., Lampic, M*., Chaffiol, A., Guibbal, L., Routet, F., Santos-Ferreira, T., Gagliardi, G., Reichman, S., Picaud, S., Sahel, J.-A., Goureau, O., Dalkara, D., Duebel, J. Restoration of visual function by transplantation of optogenetically engineered photoreceptors. Nature Communications (2019) 10, 4524 doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12330-2
  5. Garita-Hernandez, M#., Guibbal, L., Toualbi, L., Routet, F., Chaffiol, A., Winckler, C., Harinquet, M., Robert, C., Fouquet, S., Bellow, S., Sahel, J.A., Goureau, O., Duebel, J., Dalkara, D., Optogenetic Light Sensors in Human Retinal Organoids. Frontiers in Neurosciences (2018) 12, 789. doi:10.3389/fnins.2018.00789 # Corresponding Author
  6. Khabou, H., Garita-Hernandez, M., Chaffiol, A., Reichman, S., Jaillard, C., Brazhnikova, E., Bertin, S., Fradot, V., Desrosiers, M., Winckler, C., Goureau, O., Picaud, S., Duebel, J., Sahel, JA, and Dalkara, D. Noninvasive gene delivery to foveal cones for vision restoration. JCI Insight (2018) 3. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.96029
  7. 2018 International Patent (WO/2018/055131, submitted by Sorbonne University, INSERM and CNRS) as an Inventor. Title: ‘Optogenetically transformed photoreceptor cells for use in the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases’. Partner Inventor.
  8. Garita-Hernandez M, Goureau O, Dalkara D. Gene and Cell Therapy for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies. eLS. (2016). 1–16. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0026565
  9. Garita-Hernández M., Diaz-Corrales F., Lukovic D., Gonzalez-Guede I., Díez-Lloret A., Sánchez-Valdés ML., Massalini S., Erceg S., Bhattacharya SS. Hypoxia Increases the Yield of Photoreceptors Differentiating from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and Improves the Modeling of Retinogenesis in vitro. Stem Cells (2013) 31(5):966-78. doi:10.1002/stem.1339. PMID: 23362204
  10. Erceg, S; Moreno-Manzano, V; Garita-Hernandez, M; Stojkovic, M; Bhattacharya, SS; Concise review: stem cells for the treatment of cerebellar-related disorders. Stem Cells (2011) 29 (4):564-569 doi:10.1002/stem.619

Theses

Garita-Hernández M., Influence of oxygen tension on the differentiation of embryonic stem cells towards photoreceptors and other retinal phenotypes (2013) CSIC-JA-UPO-USE-Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa, Thesis Disertation

Patents

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  • 2017 European Patent (EP3516046, n°16 306 225): ‘Optogenetically transformed photoreceptor cells for use in the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases’. Partner Inventor
  • 2018 International Patent (WO/2018/055131): ‘Optogenetically transformed photoreceptor cells for use in the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases’. Partner Inventor

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