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Dependency of intraocular pressure elevation and glaucomatous changes in DBA/2J and DBA/2J-Rj mice.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Feb 2008
Scholz Michael, Buder Thomas, Seeber Silke, Adamek Edyta, Becker Cord-Michael, Lütjen-Drecoll Elke
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PURPOSE: In this study parameters relevant for glaucoma in DBA/2J (D2J) mice were compared with those in age-matched DBA/2J-Rj (D2Rj) mice, to challenge the postulated role of D2J mice as a model for secondary high-tension glaucoma. METHODS: Genotyping for three known short nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Tyrp1 gene and the Gpnmb gene by MALDI-TOF-MS and immunohistochemical staining for Gpnmb was performed...
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