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Haploinsufficiency and complete loss of PGRN function cause the neurodegenerative disorders frontotemporal lobar degeneration and neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 11, respectively. In the nervous system, administration of exogenous PGRN has been shown to promote the survival of various nerve cell types under different pathological conditions and to stimulate neurite outgrowth in vitro and axonal regeneration in vivo. In the retina, PGRN dysfunction results in photoreceptor and retinal ganglion cell (RGC) loss, whereas PGRN administration promotes photoreceptor cell survival. In the present study, we analyzed whether a sustained intravitreal administration of PGRN promotes the survival of axotomized RGCs and the regrowth of the lesioned axons. To this end, we generated a PGRN-overexpressing clonal neural stem cell line and injected the cells into the vitreous cavity of a mouse optic nerve crush model. The progression of the lesion-induced degeneration of RGCs was studied at different time points after the nerve crush. The regeneration of the injured RGC axons into the distal optic nerve stump was analyzed one month after nerve lesioning. We found that the intravitreally administered PGRN slowed the degeneration of the injured RGCs for up to four months, the latest post-lesion interval analyzed. Furthermore, PGRN stimulated the regeneration of some RGC axons over long distances into the distal optic nerve stumps. 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