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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Regenerative Research Foundation, Rensselaer, NY (US);
Steven Lance Bernstein, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Candace L. Kerr, Westminster, MD (US);
Sally Temple Stern, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Steven Lance Bernstein, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Candace L. Kerr, Westminster, MD (US);
Sally Temple Stern, Slingerlands, NY (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, Baltimore, MD (US);
REGENERATIVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Rensselaer, NY (US);
Abstract
Optic nerve lamina region neural progenitor cells (ONLR-NPCs) are provided. Such cells secrete growth factors and survival factors that can be used in the treatment of optic nerve diseases, such as glaucoma. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing optic nerve diseases, such as glaucoma, using one or more factors secreted by ONLR-NPCs, combinations of factors secreted by ONLR-NPCs, or culture media conditioned by ONLR-NPCs.