Development of the novel experimental gene therapy approach for glaucoma treatment - focusing on the role of RNA-binding proteins

2017/26/D/NZ4/00473

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ4_7: Neurofizjologia
  • NZ4_12: Inne zagadnienia pokrewne

Panel

NZ4 – Biology of tissues, organs and organisms: morphology and functions of animal's and human's systems, organs and organisms, experimental medicine, basics of neurology

Host institution

Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach, Wydział Nauk Medycznych w Katowicach

Voivodeship: śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr Adrian Smędowski

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call

SONATA 13 – announced on 2017-06-14

Amount awarded
1 121 620 PLN
Project start date
2018-04-12
Project end date
2021-12-11
Project duration
44 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Project description

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Note — project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Aparatura do badań elektroretinograficznych "Celeris". Cost: 250 000 PLN
  2. Mikroskop operacyjny z światłem koaksjalnym. Cost: 40 000 PLN
  3. Zestaw do elektroforezy i transferu do Western blot. Cost: 15 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (3)

  1. The Role of Endogenous Neuroprotective Mechanisms in the Prevention of Retinal Ganglion Cells Degeneration

    Authors:
    Marita Pietrucha-Dutczak, Marialaura Amadio, Stefano Govoni, Joanna Lewin-Kowalik, Adrian Smedowski
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Neuroscience (year: 2018, volume: 12, pages: 834), Publisher: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fnins.2018.00834 – link to the publication
  2. Electrical synapses interconnecting axons revealed in the optic nerve head - a novel model of gap junctions' involvement in optic nerve function

    Authors:
    Smedowski Adrian, Akhtar Saeed, Liu Xiaonan, Pietrucha-Dutczak Marita, Podracka Lucia, Toropainen Elisa, Alkanaan Alkanaan, Ruponen Marika, Urtti Arto, Varjosalo Markku, Kaarniranta Kai, Lewin-Kowalik Joanna.
    Academic press:
    Acta Ophthalmologica (year: 2019, volume: 10, pages: 46032), Publisher: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/aos.14272 – link to the publication
  3. Deficiency of the RNA-binding protein ELAVL1/HuR leads to the failure of endogenous and exogenous neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells

    Authors:
    Anna Pacwa, Joanna Machowicz, Saeed Akhtar, Piotr Rodak, Xiaonan Liu, Marita Pietrucha-Dutczak, Joanna Lewin-Kowalik, Marialaura Amadio and Adrian Smedowski
    Status:
    Accepted for publication

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