Prof. Dr. Christian Grimm - Lab for Retinal Cell Biology; molecular mechanims of retinal degeneration and neuroprotectionmore information

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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Grimm	Molecular mechanisms of neuroprotection by hypoxic preconditioning
	Signaling pathways in induced and inherited retinal degeneration: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and Jak/STAT signaling
	Cytoskeleton and small GTPases: Influence on retinal physiology and pathophysiology
	Paraoxonase in retinal pathophysiology
	Molecular mechanisms of cone degeneration
	Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome in Mice

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Grimm	The potential of Muller cells to regenerate photoreceptors in the mouse retina
	Caspase-1 in retinal degeneration
	Autophagy in retinal degeneration and blinding diseases
	The role of integrins beta3 and beta5 in retinal phagocytosis and degeneration
	Characterization of retinal degeneration caused by the R91W mutation in Rpe65: towards a therapeutic intervention