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Pathomechanistic study of RCBTB1-associated inherited retinal disease using Xenopus tropicalis and patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells
Code
01D30122
Duration
01 October 2022 → 31 October 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Developmental biology
    • Genetics
    • Stem cell biology
    • Ophthalmology
Keywords
RCBTB1-associated inherited retinal disease Xenopus tropicalis induced pluripotent stem cells
 
Project description

We identified RCBTB1 as novel disease gene for inherited retinal disease. Proof-of-concept from a
Xenopus tropicalis rcbtb1 knockout and human deep phenotyping led to the hypothesis that
RCBTB1-disease affects RPE-biology. Key objectives are to understand RPE-disease progression
at the organismal level in the Xenopus tropicalis rcbtb1 knockout and in a patient-derived RPE
cellular model, and to characterize the subcellular level in the two models developed.