Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Ciliary neurotrophic factor-mediated neuroprotection involves enhanced glycolysis and anabolism in degenerating mouse retinas

  • Kun Do Rhee,
  • Yanjie Wang,
  • Johanna ten Hoeve,
  • Linsey Stiles,
  • Thao Thi Thu Nguyen,
  • Xiangmei Zhang,
  • Laurent Vergnes,
  • Karen Reue,
  • Orian Shirihai,
  • Dean Bok,
  • Xian-Jie Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34443-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Rhee et al. demonstrates that the potent neuroprotective agent CNTF significantly impacts metabolism of degenerating retinas, thus revealing cellular mechanisms underlying enhanced neuronal viability and providing insight for the ongoing CNTF clinical trials.