Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

GLIS1 regulates trabecular meshwork function and intraocular pressure and is associated with glaucoma in humans

  • K. Saidas Nair,
  • Chitrangda Srivastava,
  • Robert V. Brown,
  • Swanand Koli,
  • Hélène Choquet,
  • Hong Soon Kang,
  • Yien-Ming Kuo,
  • Sara A. Grimm,
  • Caleb Sutherland,
  • Alexandra Badea,
  • G. Allan Johnson,
  • Yin Zhao,
  • Jie Yin,
  • Kyoko Okamoto,
  • Graham Clark,
  • Terete Borrás,
  • Gulab Zode,
  • Krishnakumar Kizhatil,
  • Subhabrata Chakrabarti,
  • Simon W. M. John,
  • Eric Jorgenson,
  • Anton M. Jetten

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25181-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Dysfunction of the trabecular meshwork (TM) is the chief cause of elevated intraocular pressure, the major risk factor of glaucoma. Here, the authors identify the transcription factor, GLIS1, as a critical regulator of TM maintenance and intraocular pressure, and as a glaucoma risk gene.