Optical coherence tomography and glaucoma

A Geevarghese, G Wollstein, H Ishikawa… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Early detection and monitoring are critical to the diagnosis and management of glaucoma, a
progressive optic neuropathy that causes irreversible blindness. Optical coherence …

IOP and glaucoma damage: The essential role of optic nerve head and retinal mechanosensors

I Pitha, L Du, TD Nguyen, H Quigley - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2024 - Elsevier
There are many unanswered questions on the relation of intraocular pressure to glaucoma
development and progression. IOP itself cannot be distilled to a single, unifying value …

[HTML][HTML] Extension of retinofugal projections in an assembled model of human pluripotent stem cell-derived organoids

CM Fligor, SS Lavekar, J Harkin, PK Shields… - Stem Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
The development of the visual system involves the coordination of spatial and temporal
events to specify the organization of varied cell types, including the elongation of axons from …

Pericyte dysfunction and loss of interpericyte tunneling nanotubes promote neurovascular deficits in glaucoma

L Alarcon-Martinez, Y Shiga… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Reduced blood flow and impaired neurovascular coupling are recognized features of
glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, but the mechanisms …

Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium

JR Soucy, EA Aguzzi, J Cho, MJ Gilhooley… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucoma and other optic neuropathies results in
irreversible vision loss due to the mammalian central nervous system's limited regenerative …

Retinal TRP channels: Cell-type-specific regulators of retinal homeostasis and multimodal integration

D Križaj, S Cordeiro, O Strauß - Progress in Retinal and eye Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a widely expressed family of 28
evolutionarily conserved cationic ion channels that operate as primary detectors of chemical …

Neuroprotective strategies for retinal ganglion cell degeneration: current status and challenges ahead

R Boia, N Ruzafa, ID Aires, X Pereiro… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the output cells of the retina into the brain. In
mammals, these cells are not able to regenerate their axons after optic nerve injury, leaving …

Insulin restores retinal ganglion cell functional connectivity and promotes visual recovery in glaucoma

S El Hajji, Y Shiga, N Belforte, YC Solorio, O Tastet… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Dendrite pathology and synaptic loss result in neural circuit dysfunction, a common feature
of neurodegenerative diseases. There is a lack of strategies that target dendritic and …

Adaptive responses to neurodegenerative stress in glaucoma

DJ Calkins - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2021 - Elsevier
Glaucoma causes loss of vision through degeneration of the retinal ganglion cell (RGC)
projection to the brain. The disease is characterized by sensitivity to intraocular pressure …

Retinal glutamate neurotransmission: from physiology to pathophysiological mechanisms of retinal ganglion cell degeneration

I Boccuni, R Fairless - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glutamate neurotransmission and metabolism are finely modulated by the retinal network,
where the efficient processing of visual information is shaped by the differential distribution …