OFD1, as a Ciliary Protein, Exhibits Neuroprotective Function in Photoreceptor Degeneration Models

• Juan Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Wang, Xin Chen

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Xin Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Wang, Xin Chen

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Fang Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Jieping Zhang,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Peng Li,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Zongyi Li,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Jingying Xu,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Furong Gao,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Caixia Jin,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Haibin Tian,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Jingfa Zhang,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Weiye Li,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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• Lixia Lu ,

  * E-mail: gtxu@tongji.edu.cn (G-TX); lulixia@tongji.edu.cn (LXL)

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Guo-Tong Xu

  * E-mail: gtxu@tongji.edu.cn (G-TX); lulixia@tongji.edu.cn (LXL)

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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