Research progress in the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa

Abstract

Retinitis Pigmentosa(RP)is a group of inherited retinal diseases characterized by progressive photoreceptor cells loss and pigment epithelial cell dysfunction. It is one of the most common disease worldwide which leads to blindness, and there were no effective treatments for RP in the past decades. Recently, lots of methods were considered effective to treat with RP, including stem cell therapy, gene therapy, neuroprotective therapy, nutritional therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, retinal transplantation and traditional Chinese medicine. In this review, we conducted a comprehensive analysis and assessment on the findings of the progress of RP treatment at domestic and overseas.

Keywords

• retinitis pigmentosa
• treatment
• research progress
• research progress