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Three Different Protocols of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking in Keratoconus: Conventional, Accelerated and Iontophoresis
Published on: November 12, 2015
Update on the genetics of keratoconus
Yelena Bykhovskaya1, Yaron S Rabinowitz1
1Cornea Genetic Eye Institute, Department of Surgery and Board of the Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Beverly Hills, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Abstract:
In the past few years we have seen a great acceleration of discoveries in the field of keratoconus including new treatments, diagnostic tools, genomic and molecular determinants of disease risk. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of keratoconus cases and population wide studies of variation in central corneal thickness and in corneal biomechanical properties confirmed already identified genes and found many new susceptibility variants and biological pathways. Recent findings in genetic determinants of familial keratoconus revealed functionally important variants and established first mouse model of keratoconus. Latest transcriptomic and expression studies started assessing novel non-coding RNA targets in addition to identifying tissue specific effects of coding genes. First genomic insights into better prediction of treatment outcomes are bringing the advent of genomic medicine into keratoconus clinical practice.
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