Identifying new drugs and targets to treat rapidly elevated intraocular pressure for angle closure and secondary glaucomas to curb visual impairment and prevent …

NA Sharif - Experimental eye research, 2023 - Elsevier
A multitude of pharmacological compounds have been shown to lower and control
intraocular pressure (IOP) in numerous species of animals and human subjects after topical …

Gene therapies and gene product-based drug candidates for normalizing and preserving tissue functions in animal models of ocular hypertension and glaucoma

NA Sharif - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
More than 76 million people worldwide are afflicted with the neurodegenerative eye
diseases described and grouped together as glaucoma. A common feature amongst the …

Transcriptomic analysis of the ocular posterior segment completes a cell atlas of the human eye

A Monavarfeshani, W Yan, C Pappas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Although the visual system extends through the brain, most vision loss originates from
defects in the eye. Its central element is the neural retina, which senses light, processes …

Integrating genetic regulation and single-cell expression with GWAS prioritizes causal genes and cell types for glaucoma

AR Hamel, W Yan, JM Rouhana… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), characterized by retinal ganglion cell death, is a
leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. However, its molecular and cellular …

Glaucoma: neuroprotection with NAD-based therapeutic interventions

A Chiarugi - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Clinical evidence shows that intraocular hypertension is not the primary pathogenetic event
of glaucoma, whereas early neurodegeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) represents …

[HTML][HTML] The Role of Gut Microbiota in the Pathogenesis of Glaucoma: Evidence from Bibliometric Analysis and Comprehensive Review

Z Ullah, Y Tao, A Mehmood, J Huang - Bioengineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
The relationship between gut microbiota and glaucoma has garnered significant interest,
with emerging evidence suggesting that gut dysbiosis, inflammation, and immune …

Genistein stimulates the viability and prevents myofibroblastic transformation in human trabecular meshwork cells stimulated by TGF-β

R Wasilewicz, J Wasilewicz… - Experimental Eye …, 2024 - Elsevier
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common type of glaucoma leading to
blindness. The search for ways to prevent/treat this entity is one of the main challenges of …

Optic neuropathies: Current and future strategies for optic nerve protection and repair

NR Miller, RK Tsai - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Processes that damage the optic nerve, including elevated intraocular pressure, trauma,
ischemia, and compression, often cause visual loss for which there is no current treatment. It …

Ocular biomechanical responses to long-duration spaceflight

MM Solano, R Dumas, MR Lesk… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: To assess the impact of microgravity exposure on ocular rigidity (OR), intraocular
pressure (IOP), and ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) following long-term space missions. OR …

Influence of dexamethasone-induced matrices on the TM transcriptome

K Soundappan, J Cai, H Yu, K Dhamodaran… - Experimental Eye …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pathologic bidirectional interactions between the extracellular matrix (ECM) and cells within
the human trabecular meshwork (hTM) contribute to ocular hypertension. An in vitro model is …