Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Retinal Reactive Gliosis Following Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the HB Allen Charitable Trust, the Cambridge Eye Trust, the Jukes Glaucoma Research Fund, Pfizer, Neusentis and core support grant from the Wellcome Trust and MRC to the Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. We thank Dr. Andras Lakatos from the University of Cambridge (U.K.) for donating the GFAP-STAT3-cKO mice, Verdon Taylor from the University of Basel (CH) for the Hes5 GFP<SUP>+ve</SUP> mice, Dr. Stefano Pluchino from the University of Cambridge (U.K.) for donating the mouse NPC line, and Astrid Limb from UCL, London (U.K.) for the MIO-M1 cell line.