Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Cellular crosstalk regulates the aqueous humor outflow pathway and provides new targets for glaucoma therapies

  • Benjamin R. Thomson,
  • Pan Liu,
  • Tuncer Onay,
  • Jing Du,
  • Stuart W. Tompson,
  • Sol Misener,
  • Raj R. Purohit,
  • Terri L. Young,
  • Jing Jin,
  • Susan E. Quaggin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26346-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is characterised by increased intraocular pressure, and variants in ANGPT1, or SVEP1 have been identified as risk alleles. Here, the authors show that deletion of these genes induces glaucoma in mice, and that activation of ANGPT1-TEK signaling ameliorates disease progression in mouse models.