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Retinal ganglion cells are crucial in the formation of vision. Injury or death of retinal ganglion cells may lead to irreversibly damage of visual function. Glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, hypertension, and other blind leading diseases can cause the damage or progressively apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells. Currently, there is no specific treatment to restore vision damage caused by those diseases. Scholars at home and abroad focus on stem cells transplantation in order to recover the visual function of patients. Two categories are mainly involved in stem cell transplantation, one is the replacement therapy based on stem cells, the other is to promote the secretion of some factors to protect ganglion cells through stem cell transplantation. In this review, we aim to summarize the potential of stems cell transplantation to treat retinal ganglion cells related diseases, and discuss the differentiation of different types of stem cells to retinal ganglion cells.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effect of organophosphorus insecticides (OPs) on the nicotinic autoreceptor function (NAF) in rat cortical synaptosomes and to understand alternative target of the OPs for human and other animals.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>In vitro experiment, synaptosomes from the rats were incubated with [(3)H] choline and then superfused with physiological buffer. The [(3)H] acetylcholine release from the synaptosomes after the addition of paraoxon or chlorpyrifos to the superfusion system was recorded and the changes of NAF were calculated. In vivo experiment, NAF and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in the cortical synaptosomes in the adult rats dosed with chlorpyrifos were also determined 96 h after OPs treatment.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Paraoxon caused slight effect on NAF (average inhibition rate: < 23%) while chlorpyrifos oxon caused > 100% of inhibition on NAF in vitro. Chlorpyrifos markedly reduced NAF by 66% 96 h after treatment and inhibited the AChE activity by 91% in vivo.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The OPs may have different effects on the NAF of rat cortical synaptosomes while chlorpyrifos may certainly inhibit the NAF in cortical synaptosomes of adult rats.</p>