title: Past, present and future of preserving and restoring function in the visual system: removing galectin-3 as a promising treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery and F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital Boston; Departments of Surgery and Ophthalmology and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Silmara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Reparo - Departamento de Patologia - Faculdade de Medicina - HUCFF - UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil; Pólo Universitário Macaé, UFRJ, Macaé, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Henrique Rocha
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Reparo - Departamento de Patologia - Faculdade de Medicina - HUCFF - UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Oliveira
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Goulart
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Reparo - Departamento de Patologia - Faculdade de Medicina - HUCFF - UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana M Blanco
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martinez