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Photostimulation improves maturation of human photoreceptors.

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Authors: Canan Celiker1, Eva Hruba1, Konstantina Kyriakou2, Birthe Dorgau2, Francisco Molina Gambin1, Kamila Weissova1, Edwin van Oosten3, Lucie Englmaier1, Nadezda Vaskovicova1, Michael A. Savage2, Gerrit Hilgen2,4, Evelyne Sernagor2, Alejandro Garanto3,5, Majlinda Lako2, Tomas Barta1
ORCID iDs: Canan Celiker, Konstantina Kyriakou, Birthe Dorgau, Francisco Molina Gambin, Edwin van Oosten, Michael A. Savage, Gerrit Hilgen, Alejandro Garanto, Tomas Barta
  1. Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University,Brno, Czech Republic
  2. Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University,Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  3. Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Amalia Children’s Hospital,Nijmegen, the Netherlands
  4. Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Geography and Natural Sciences, Northumbria University,Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  5. Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center,Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Institutions: Masaryk University (Czechia); Newcastle University (United Kingdom); Radboud University Medical Center (Netherlands); Northumbria University (United Kingdom)
Journal: Nature communications, volume 17, issue 1, article 8088
Dates: received 17 July 2025; accepted 16 July 2026; published online 12 August 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-76112-3 · PMID 42586989 · PMCID PMC13470456 · OpenAlex W4412872206
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Preprint: doi:10.1101/2025.07.17.665282
Status: data only
Categories: human (organism), developmental (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Single-unit activity, calcium imaging
Keywords: Stem-cell differentiation, Retina, Regenerative medicine, Circadian rhythms
MeSH: Cell Differentiation*, Light*, Photic Stimulation*, Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate*, Retina*, Humans, Organoids (* major topic)
Topic: Retinal Development and Disorders (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Czech Science Foundation (GA21-08182S); Agentura Pro Zdravotnický Výzkum České Republiky (NU22-07-00380)
Citations: cited by 1 paper (Europe PMC); 71 references in the paper
Research resources: RRID:Addgene_46824

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Celiker, C., Hruba, E., Kyriakou, K., Dorgau, B., Gambin, F. M., Weissova, K., van Oosten, E., Englmaier, L., Vaskovicova, N., Savage, M. A., Hilgen, G., Sernagor, E., Garanto, A., Lako, M., & Barta, T. (2026). Photostimulation improves maturation of human photoreceptors. Nature communications, 17(1), 8088. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76112-3

BibTeX

@article{celiker2026photostimulation,
author = {Celiker, Canan and Hruba, Eva and Kyriakou, Konstantina and Dorgau, Birthe and Gambin, Francisco Molina and Weissova, Kamila and van Oosten, Edwin and Englmaier, Lucie and Vaskovicova, Nadezda and Savage, Michael A. and Hilgen, Gerrit and Sernagor, Evelyne and Garanto, Alejandro and Lako, Majlinda and Barta, Tomas},
title = {{Photostimulation improves maturation of human photoreceptors}},
journal = {Nature communications},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {8088},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2041-1723},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-76112-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76112-3},
pmid = {42586989},
pmcid = {PMC13470456}
}

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AU - Hruba, Eva
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AU - Dorgau, Birthe
AU - Gambin, Francisco Molina
AU - Weissova, Kamila
AU - van Oosten, Edwin
AU - Englmaier, Lucie
AU - Vaskovicova, Nadezda
AU - Savage, Michael A.
AU - Hilgen, Gerrit
AU - Sernagor, Evelyne
AU - Garanto, Alejandro
AU - Lako, Majlinda
AU - Barta, Tomas
TI - Photostimulation improves maturation of human photoreceptors
T2 - Nature communications
J2 - Nat Commun
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/12
VL - 17
IS - 1
SP - 8088
SN - 2041-1723
PB - Nature Publishing Group
DO - 10.1038/s41467-026-76112-3
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76112-3
LA - en
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