Provided herein are methods for treating retinitis pigmentosa using an AAV particles encoding miR-708. In one aspect, viral particles are administered to the eye of a human subject; for example, by subretinal injection. Viral particles comprising AAV5 capsids or mutants thereof are contemplated.在此提供使用編碼miR-708的AAV顆粒治療色素性視網膜炎的方法。在一個方面,將病毒顆粒投予至人受試者的眼部;例如,藉由視網膜下注射。包含AAV5衣殼或其突變體的病毒顆粒在考慮之列。