Inherited retinal diseases: linking genes, disease-causing variants, and relevant therapeutic modalities

N Schneider, Y Sundaresan, P Gopalakrishnan… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a clinically complex and heterogenous group of visual
impairment phenotypes caused by pathogenic variants in at least 277 nuclear and …

[HTML][HTML] Non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa

SK Verbakel, RAC van Huet, CJF Boon… - Progress in retinal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) encompasses a group of inherited retinal dystrophies
characterized by the primary degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors. RP is a leading …

Molecular classification and comparative taxonomics of foveal and peripheral cells in primate retina

YR Peng, K Shekhar, W Yan, D Herrmann… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
High-acuity vision in primates, including humans, is mediated by a small central retinal
region called the fovea. As more accessible organisms lack a fovea, its specialized function …

Comprehensive rare variant analysis via whole-genome sequencing to determine the molecular pathology of inherited retinal disease

KJ Carss, G Arno, M Erwood, J Stephens… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Inherited retinal disease is a common cause of visual impairment and represents a highly
heterogeneous group of conditions. Here, we present findings from a cohort of 722 …

Early and late stage gene therapy interventions for inherited retinal degenerations

C Botto, M Rucli, MD Tekinsoy, J Pulman… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inherited and age-related retinal degeneration is the hallmark of a large group of
heterogeneous diseases and is the main cause of untreatable blindness today. Genetic …

Leber congenital amaurosis/early-onset severe retinal dystrophy: clinical features, molecular genetics and therapeutic interventions

N Kumaran, AT Moore, RG Weleber… - British journal of …, 2017 - bjo.bmj.com
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) and early-onset severe retinal dystrophy (EOSRD) are
both genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous, and characterised clinically by severe …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of eQTL and a single-cell atlas in the human eye identifies causal genes for age-related macular degeneration

LD Orozco, HH Chen, C Cox, KJ Katschke, R Arceo… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss. To better
understand disease pathogenesis and identify causal genes in GWAS loci for AMD risk, we …

Inherited retinal diseases: therapeutics, clinical trials and end points—a review

M Georgiou, K Fu**ami… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of
disorders characterised by photoreceptor degeneration or dysfunction. These disorders …

[HTML][HTML] The X-linked retinopathies: physiological insights, pathogenic mechanisms, phenotypic features and novel therapies

SR De Silva, G Arno, AG Robson, A Fakin… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
X-linked retinopathies represent a significant proportion of monogenic retinal disease. They
include progressive and stationary conditions, with and without syndromic features. Many …

Clinical applications of fundus autofluorescence in retinal disease

M Yung, MA Klufas, D Sarraf - International journal of retina and vitreous, 2016 - Springer
Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) is a non-invasive retinal imaging modality used in clinical
practice to provide a density map of lipofuscin, the predominant ocular fluorophore, in the …